diff --git a/languages/dropspan b/languages/dropspan
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--- a/languages/dropspan
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-# This is a quick&dirty script to remove HTML from the language files.
-# It will be deleted from SVN again once this job is done.
-#     grep '<' en.lang
-# will print a TODO list ;-)
-
-test -z "$1" && {
-	echo 'Call this script with the $PALANG variable name as parameter!'
-	echo 'Example for $PALANG['pAdminEdit_domain_result_error']: '
-	echo "    $0 pAdminEdit_domain_result_error"
-	exit 1
-}
-
-echo before:
-grep "'$1'" en.lang
-
-for file in *.lang ; do sed -i "/'$1'/"' s,<span class="error_msg">,,' $file; done
-for file in *.lang ; do sed -i "/'$1'/"' s,</span>,,' $file; done
-
-echo after:
-grep "'$1'" en.lang
-