diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent_%.bbappend b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent_%.bbappend
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index 6dd263b..0000000
--- a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent_%.bbappend
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-SUMMARY = "Modifications to support Nginx"
-
-# override service and socket file to use nginx
-FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"