diff --git a/ompi/mca/common/ofacm/configure.params b/ompi/mca/common/ofacm/configure.params
deleted file mode 100644
index b74c3bfb3f..0000000000
--- a/ompi/mca/common/ofacm/configure.params
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@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# -*- shell-script -*-
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Trustees of Indiana University and Indiana
-#                         University Research and Technology
-#                         Corporation.  All rights reserved.
-# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The University of Tennessee and The University
-#                         of Tennessee Research Foundation.  All rights
-#                         reserved.
-# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, 
-#                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
-# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
-#                         All rights reserved.
-# Copyright (c) 2007      Los Alamos National Security, LLC.  All rights
-#                         reserved. 
-# Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Oak Ridge National Laboratory.  All rights reserved.
-# Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Mellanox Technologies.  All rights reserved.
-# $COPYRIGHT$
-# 
-# Additional copyrights may follow
-# 
-# $HEADER$
-#
-
-# Specific to this module
-
-PARAM_CONFIG_FILES="Makefile"
diff --git a/ompi/mca/common/ofautils/configure.params b/ompi/mca/common/ofautils/configure.params
deleted file mode 100644
index b74c3bfb3f..0000000000
--- a/ompi/mca/common/ofautils/configure.params
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@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# -*- shell-script -*-
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Trustees of Indiana University and Indiana
-#                         University Research and Technology
-#                         Corporation.  All rights reserved.
-# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The University of Tennessee and The University
-#                         of Tennessee Research Foundation.  All rights
-#                         reserved.
-# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, 
-#                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
-# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
-#                         All rights reserved.
-# Copyright (c) 2007      Los Alamos National Security, LLC.  All rights
-#                         reserved. 
-# Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Oak Ridge National Laboratory.  All rights reserved.
-# Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Mellanox Technologies.  All rights reserved.
-# $COPYRIGHT$
-# 
-# Additional copyrights may follow
-# 
-# $HEADER$
-#
-
-# Specific to this module
-
-PARAM_CONFIG_FILES="Makefile"