diff --git a/src/main/resources/WEB-INF/web.xml b/src/main/resources/WEB-INF/web.xml
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index 491ae36..0000000
--- a/src/main/resources/WEB-INF/web.xml
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@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE xml>
-<web-app>
-	<servlet>
-    	<servlet-name>org.gcube.gcat.ResourceInitializer</servlet-name>
-    </servlet>
-    <servlet-mapping>
-        <servlet-name>org.gcube.gcat.ResourceInitializer</servlet-name>
-        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
-    </servlet-mapping>
-</web-app>
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