diff --git a/config/authentication.ini b/config/authentication.ini
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index ba11ede93..000000000
--- a/config/authentication.ini
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@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-; authentication.ini
-;
-; Each section listed in this configuration represents a backend used to authenticate users. The backends will be
-; processed from top to bottom using the first backend for authentication which reports that the user trying to log in
-; is available with his given credentials.
-;
-; Database or LDAP backend configurations must define a resource referring to a configured database
-; or LDAP connection respectively in the INI file resources.ini.
-
-[autologin]
-backend = autologin
-; If you want to strip the domain
-; strip_username_regexp = /\@[^$]+$/
diff --git a/config/enabledModules/README b/config/enabledModules/README
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index 7a55ea091..000000000
--- a/config/enabledModules/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Enabled modules shall be symlinked here.
diff --git a/config/ldap/ldap_ca.conf.in b/config/ldap/ldap_ca.conf.in
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index 2682820b8..000000000
--- a/config/ldap/ldap_ca.conf.in
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Use given CA file
-TLS_REQCERT demand
-TLS_CACERT @prefix@/config/ssl/cacerts/trusted.crt
-
diff --git a/config/ldap/ldap_nocert.conf b/config/ldap/ldap_nocert.conf
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index 768691479..000000000
--- a/config/ldap/ldap_nocert.conf
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# This config file will allow TLS-based LDAP connections ignoring
-# unknown certificates
-TLS_REQCERT never
-
diff --git a/config/modules/monitoring/config.ini b/config/modules/monitoring/config.ini
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index 9b69fe86f..000000000
--- a/config/modules/monitoring/config.ini
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[security]
-protected_customvars = "*pw*,*pass*,community"
diff --git a/config/preferences/.gitkeep b/config/preferences/.gitkeep
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index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/config/ssl/cacerts/trusted.crt.in b/config/ssl/cacerts/trusted.crt.in
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index e69de29bb..000000000