diff --git a/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/CheckoutBwcBranch.java.new b/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/CheckoutBwcBranch.java.new
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--- a/build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/CheckoutBwcBranch.java.new
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@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal;
-
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (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.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-
-import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask;
-import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;
-
-public abstract class CheckoutBwcBranch extends DefaultTask {
-
-    @TaskAction void checkout() {
-
-    }
-}