diff --git a/hawkbit-ddi-resource/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/ddi/resource/EnableDirectDeviceApi.java b/hawkbit-ddi-resource/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/ddi/resource/EnableDirectDeviceApi.java
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--- a/hawkbit-ddi-resource/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/ddi/resource/EnableDirectDeviceApi.java
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-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2015 Bosch Software Innovations GmbH and others.
- *
- * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
- * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
- * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
- */
-package org.eclipse.hawkbit.ddi.resource;
-
-import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
-import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
-import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
-import java.lang.annotation.Target;
-
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
-
-/**
- * Annotation to enable {@link ComponentScan} in the resource package to setup
- * all {@link Controller} annotated classes and setup the Direct Device API.
- */
-@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
-@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-@Configuration
-@ComponentScan
-public @interface EnableDirectDeviceApi {
-
-}