diff --git a/rel-eng/packages/.readme b/rel-eng/packages/.readme
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--- a/rel-eng/packages/.readme
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-the rel-eng/packages directory contains metadata files
-named after their packages. Each file has the latest tagged
-version and the project's relative directory.
diff --git a/rel-eng/packages/dist-git b/rel-eng/packages/dist-git
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--- a/rel-eng/packages/dist-git
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1.4-1 ./
diff --git a/rel-eng/tito.props b/rel-eng/tito.props
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--- a/rel-eng/tito.props
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-[buildconfig]
-builder = tito.builder.Builder
-tagger = tito.tagger.VersionTagger
-changelog_do_not_remove_cherrypick = 0
-changelog_format = %s (%ae)