diff --git a/direct/src/task/config_task.cxx b/direct/src/task/config_task.cxx
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--- a/direct/src/task/config_task.cxx
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-// Filename: config_task.cxx
-// Created by:  Administrator (03Sep04)
-//
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//
-// PANDA 3D SOFTWARE
-// Copyright (c) Carnegie Mellon University.  All rights reserved.
-//
-// All use of this software is subject to the terms of the revised BSD
-// license.  You should have received a copy of this license along
-// with this source code in a file named "LICENSE."
-//
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-
-#include "config_task.h"
-#include "cTask.h"
-
-#include "dconfig.h"
-
-Configure(config_task);
-NotifyCategoryDef(task, "");
-
-ConfigureFn(config_task) {
-  init_libtask();
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: init_libtask
-//  Description: Initializes the library.  This must be called at
-//               least once before any of the functions or classes in
-//               this library can be used.  Normally it will be
-//               called by the static initializers and need not be
-//               called explicitly, but special cases exist.
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-void
-init_libtask() {
-  static bool initialized = false;
-  if (initialized) {
-    return;
-  }
-  initialized = true;
-
-  CTask::init_type();
-}
diff --git a/direct/src/task/config_task.h b/direct/src/task/config_task.h
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-// Filename: config_task.h
-// Created by:  Shochet (03Sep04)
-//
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//
-// PANDA 3D SOFTWARE
-// Copyright (c) Carnegie Mellon University.  All rights reserved.
-//
-// All use of this software is subject to the terms of the revised BSD
-// license.  You should have received a copy of this license along
-// with this source code in a file named "LICENSE."
-//
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-#ifndef CONFIG_TASK_H
-#define CONFIG_TASK_H
-
-#include "directbase.h"
-#include "notifyCategoryProxy.h"
-#include "dconfig.h"
-
-NotifyCategoryDecl(task, EXPCL_DIRECT, EXPTP_DIRECT);
-
-extern EXPCL_DIRECT void init_libtask();
-
-#endif