diff --git a/buildtools/Makefile.am b/buildtools/Makefile.am
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-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign 1.4
-
-noinst_PROGRAMS= bin2res
-bin2res_SOURCES = bin2res.cpp
-