diff --git a/osu.Desktop.Deploy/App.config b/osu.Desktop.Deploy/App.config
index bd464a0453..d1da144f50 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop.Deploy/App.config
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diff --git a/osu.Desktop.Tests/app.config b/osu.Desktop.Tests/app.config
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diff --git a/osu.Desktop.Tests/osu.Desktop.Tests.csproj b/osu.Desktop.Tests/osu.Desktop.Tests.csproj
index 07495311e0..e89308bbb9 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop.Tests/osu.Desktop.Tests.csproj
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deleted file mode 100644
index 855da39b10..0000000000
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diff --git a/osu.Desktop.VisualTests/osu.Desktop.VisualTests.csproj b/osu.Desktop.VisualTests/osu.Desktop.VisualTests.csproj
index bea56b5cd0..81ee7185bb 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop.VisualTests/osu.Desktop.VisualTests.csproj
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@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
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index 1ff0a7f133..0000000000
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diff --git a/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj b/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
index 7e85f09d8c..48e0db1d99 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
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@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
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diff --git a/osu.Game.Modes.Mania/app.config b/osu.Game.Modes.Mania/app.config
deleted file mode 100644
index 855da39b10..0000000000
--- a/osu.Game.Modes.Mania/app.config
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index 88bf879bcc..2e281f54bb 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Modes.Mania/osu.Game.Modes.Mania.csproj
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deleted file mode 100644
index 88af66254d..0000000000
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--- a/osu.Game.Modes.Osu/osu.Game.Modes.Osu.csproj
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deleted file mode 100644
index 855da39b10..0000000000
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index 96682dd1ce..d01aa77e02 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/osu.Game.Tests.csproj
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index 855da39b10..0000000000
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