diff --git a/sanity_check b/sanity_check
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--- a/sanity_check
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@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-VERSION=$1
-
-if [ ! -f glib-$VERSION.tar.gz ]; then
-	echo "ERROR: glib-$VERSION.tar.gz does not exist..."
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-echo ""
-
-echo "Checking glib-$VERSION.tar.gz..."
-tar xfz glib-$VERSION.tar.gz
-
-
-for file in INSTALL NEWS
-do
-	echo -n "$file... "
-	if [ "x`grep $VERSION glib-$VERSION/$file | wc -l | awk -F' ' '{print $1}'`" = "x0" ]; then
-		echo "failed."
-		#exit 1
-	else
-		echo "ok"
-	fi
-done
-
-echo -n "INSTALL..."
-if [ "x`grep $VERSION glib-$VERSION/INSTALL | wc -l | awk -F' ' '{print $1}'`" = "x2" ]; then 
-	echo "ok" 
-else
-	echo "failed."
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-echo ""
-echo "Number of lines in created documentation files:"
-
-wc -l glib-$VERSION/docs/reference/*/html/*.html | grep total 
-
-rm -rf glib-$VERSION