diff --git a/base-hw/include/signal_session/connection.h b/base-hw/include/signal_session/connection.h
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-/*
- * \brief  base-hw specific (higher ram-quota) connection to signal service
- * \author Norman Feske
- * \author Stefan Kalkowski
- * \date   2009-08-05
- */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2009-2013 Genode Labs GmbH
- *
- * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
- * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
- */
-
-#ifndef _INCLUDE__SIGNAL_SESSION__CONNECTION_H_
-#define _INCLUDE__SIGNAL_SESSION__CONNECTION_H_
-
-#include <signal_session/client.h>
-#include <base/connection.h>
-
-namespace Genode {
-
-	struct Signal_connection : Connection<Signal_session>, Signal_session_client
-	{
-		Signal_connection()
-		:
-			Connection<Signal_session>(session("ram_quota=16K")),
-			Signal_session_client(cap())
-		{ }
-	};
-}
-
-#endif /* _INCLUDE__CAP_SESSION__CONNECTION_H_ */