diff --git a/string/obsolete/README.html b/string/obsolete/README.html
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-<html>
-<!-- 
-   - The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public
-   - License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
-   - except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
-   - the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
-   - 
-   - Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
-   - IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or
-   - implied. See the License for the specific language governing
-   - rights and limitations under the License.
-   - 
-   - The Original Code is Mozilla.
-   - 
-   - The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape
-   - Communications.  Portions created by Netscape Communications are
-   - Copyright (C) 2001 by Netscape Communications.  All
-   - Rights Reserved.
-   - 
-   - Contributor(s):
-   -   Scott Collins <scc@mozilla.org> (original author)
-  --> 
-<body>
-  <h1><span class="LXRSHORTDESC">original string implementations soon to be replaced</span></h1>
-<p>
-  <span class="LXRLONGDESC">These are the original string implementations by rickg and others.
-  Most of the code here will be made obsolete by the new shared-buffer string (see bug <a href="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53065">#53065</a>).
-  If you're interested in learning how strings work, you probably want to start with
-    <a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/string/public/nsAReadableString.h">nsAReadableString</a>.</span>
-</p>
-</body>
-</html>
diff --git a/xpcom/string/obsolete/README.html b/xpcom/string/obsolete/README.html
index 28dd61ea230..e69de29bb2d 100644
--- a/xpcom/string/obsolete/README.html
+++ b/xpcom/string/obsolete/README.html
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<html>
-<!-- 
-   - The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public
-   - License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
-   - except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
-   - the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
-   - 
-   - Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
-   - IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or
-   - implied. See the License for the specific language governing
-   - rights and limitations under the License.
-   - 
-   - The Original Code is Mozilla.
-   - 
-   - The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape
-   - Communications.  Portions created by Netscape Communications are
-   - Copyright (C) 2001 by Netscape Communications.  All
-   - Rights Reserved.
-   - 
-   - Contributor(s):
-   -   Scott Collins <scc@mozilla.org> (original author)
-  --> 
-<body>
-  <h1><span class="LXRSHORTDESC">original string implementations soon to be replaced</span></h1>
-<p>
-  <span class="LXRLONGDESC">These are the original string implementations by rickg and others.
-  Most of the code here will be made obsolete by the new shared-buffer string (see bug <a href="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53065">#53065</a>).
-  If you're interested in learning how strings work, you probably want to start with
-    <a href="http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/string/public/nsAReadableString.h">nsAReadableString</a>.</span>
-</p>
-</body>
-</html>
