diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/skeleton.dts b/arch/arc/boot/dts/skeleton.dts
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index 25a84fb5b3dc..000000000000
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/skeleton.dts
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@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2012 Synopsys, Inc. (www.synopsys.com)
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- */
-/dts-v1/;
-
-/include/ "skeleton.dtsi"