diff --git a/grails-plugin-codecs/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/CodecsGrailsPlugin.java b/grails-plugin-codecs/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/CodecsGrailsPlugin.java
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--- a/grails-plugin-codecs/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/CodecsGrailsPlugin.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2004-2005 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.grails.plugins;
-
-import org.grails.plugins.codecs.DefaultCodecLookup;
-
-/**
- * @deprecated Use {@link org.grails.plugins.codecs.CodecsGrailsPlugin} instead
- */
-@Deprecated
-public class CodecsGrailsPlugin extends org.grails.plugins.codecs.CodecsGrailsPlugin {
-
-}