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diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Update.Test/packages.config b/src/NzbDrone.Update.Test/packages.config
index f12ad74d10..6f97f16cea 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Update.Test/packages.config
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Update.Test/packages.config
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
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diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Update/NzbDrone.Update.csproj b/src/NzbDrone.Update/NzbDrone.Update.csproj
index b296eabf8f..5fc7a92474 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Update/NzbDrone.Update.csproj
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diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Update/packages.config b/src/NzbDrone.Update/packages.config
index a9cb2e050d..751d0415d9 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Update/packages.config
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Update/packages.config
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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 </packages>
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diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Windows/NzbDrone.Windows.csproj b/src/NzbDrone.Windows/NzbDrone.Windows.csproj
index 7a7ab799f6..aa946c7ed8 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Windows/NzbDrone.Windows.csproj
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@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
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diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Windows/packages.config b/src/NzbDrone.Windows/packages.config
index 44135561f5..f12e916fdf 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Windows/packages.config
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
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 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone/NzbDrone.csproj b/src/NzbDrone/NzbDrone.csproj
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--- a/src/NzbDrone/NzbDrone.csproj
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index 5f3ede2591..d94fed8f88 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone/packages.config
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