diff --git a/tools/strip_trailing_whitespace.sh b/tools/strip_trailing_whitespace.sh
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index 57e51d311..000000000
--- a/tools/strip_trailing_whitespace.sh
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-sed --in-place 's/[[:space:]]\+$//' $(find -name "*.lua")