diff --git a/Modules/BasicImageProcessing/include/mitkEmptyClass.h b/Modules/BasicImageProcessing/include/mitkEmptyClass.h
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index 1b840fc7d3..0000000000
--- a/Modules/BasicImageProcessing/include/mitkEmptyClass.h
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-#ifndef mitkEmptyClass_h
-#define mitkEmptyClass_h
-
-#include <MitkBasicImageProcessingExports.h>
-
-class MITKBASICIMAGEPROCESSING_EXPORT mitkEmptyClass {
-  public:
-    int m_Meaningless;
-    void foo();
-};
-
-#endif
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diff --git a/Modules/BasicImageProcessing/src/mitkEmptyClass.cpp b/Modules/BasicImageProcessing/src/mitkEmptyClass.cpp
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index 4be193b9f8..0000000000
--- a/Modules/BasicImageProcessing/src/mitkEmptyClass.cpp
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#include <mitkEmptyClass.h>
-
-void mitkEmptyClass::foo(){
-  
-};
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