diff --git a/cf/check-symbols.sh b/cf/check-symbols.sh
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--- a/cf/check-symbols.sh
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@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# check library exported symbols
-# $Id$
-
-LANG=C
-export LANG
-
-esym="__i686.get_pc_thunk fc_softc"
-symbols=
-
-# AIX has different default output format
-nmargs=""
-if [ "`uname`" = AIX ]; then
-	nmargs="-B"
-fi
-
-while test $# != 0 ;do 
-  case "$1" in
-    -lib) lib="$2" ; shift;;
-    -com_err)
-       esym="${esym} com_right\$ free_error_table\$ initialize_error_table_r\$"
-       esym="${esym} com_err error_message\$ error_table_name\$"
-       esym="${esym} init_error_table\$ add_to_error_table\$"
-       esym="${esym} reset_com_err_hook\$ set_com_err_hook\$ _et_list\$"
-       esym="${esym} et_[A-Za-z0-9]*_error_table"
-       esym="${esym} initialize_[A-Za-z0-9]*_error_table et_*_error_table" ;;
-    -version)
-       esym="${esym} print_version\$" ;;
-    -asn1compile)
-       esym="${esym} copy_ free_ length_ decode_ encode_ length_ "
-       esym="${esym} *.2int\$ int2 asn1_[A-Za-z0-9]*_units\$" ;;
-    -*) echo "unknown option $1" ; exit 1 ;;
-    *) break ;;
-  esac
-  shift
-done
-
-for a in "$@" $esym; do
-    symbols="\$3 !~ /^[_\.]?${a}/ ${symbols:+&&} ${symbols}"
-done
-
-# F filename, N debugsymbols, W weak symbols, U undefined
-
-(nm $nmargs .libs/lib${lib}.a || nm $nmargs .libs/lib${lib}.so*)  |
-awk "BEGIN { stat = 0 }
-NF == 3 && \$2 ~ /[A-EG-MO-TVX-Z]/ && $symbols { printf \"%s should not be exported (type %s)\\n\", \$3, \$2; ++stat } END { exit stat }"
-