diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/builder-defs2.nix b/pkgs/top-level/builder-defs2.nix
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-# documentation see ../lib/strings-with-deps2.nix
-# coverts Michael Raskin builder script snippets so that they can be used with createScript from strings-with-deps2.nix
-
-raskin_defs : rec {
-
-  defAddToSearchPath = { 
-    name = "defAddToSearchPath";
-    value = raskin_defs.defAddToSearchPath.text;
-    dependencies = [ "defNest" ];
-  };
-  defNest = { 
-    name = "defNest";
-    value = raskin_defs.defNest.text;
-  };
-  minInit = { 
-    name = "minInit";
-    value = raskin_defs.minInit.text;
-    dependencies = [ "defNest" "defAddToSearchPath" ];
-  };
-
-  addInputs = { 
-    name = "addInputs";
-    value = raskin_defs.addInputs.text;
-    dependencies = [ "minInit" ];
-  };
-
-  toSrcDir = s : { 
-    name = "toSrcDir";
-    value = (raskin_defs.toSrcDir s).text;
-    dependencies = [ "minInit" ];
-  };
-
-  doConfigure = { 
-    name = "doConfigure";
-    value = raskin_defs.doConfigure.text;
-    dependencies = [ "minInit" "addInputs" "doUnpack" ];
-  };
-
-  doAutotools = { 
-    name = "doAutotools";
-    value = raskin_defs.doAutotools.text;
-    dependencies = [ "minInit" "addInputs" "doUnpack" ];
-  };
-
-  doMake = { 
-    name = "doMake";
-    value = raskin_defs.doMake.text;
-    dependencies = [ "minInit" "addInputs" "doUnpack" ];
-  };
-
-# more have to be added here! 
-}