diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/export/fpsexportreg.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/export/fpsexportreg.pas
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--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/export/fpsexportreg.pas
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@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-{
-  Registration for fpsexport into the Lazarus component palette
-  This requires package lazdbexport for property editors etc
-}
-unit fpsexportreg;
-
-{$mode objfpc}{$H+}
-
-interface
-
-uses
-  Classes, SysUtils, LazarusPackageIntf, lresources;
-
-procedure Register;
-
-implementation
-
-uses
-  fpsexport;
-
-{@@ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  Registers the export component in the Lazarus component palette,
-  page "Data Export".
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
-procedure Register;
-begin
-  RegisterComponents('Data Export', [TFPSExport]);
-end;
-
-initialization
-  {$I fpsexportimg.lrs}
-
-end.
-