diff --git a/srcpkgs/metacity-devel b/srcpkgs/metacity-devel
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-metacity
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/metacity/metacity-devel.template b/srcpkgs/metacity/metacity-devel.template
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-# Template file for 'metacity-devel'.
-#
-noarch=yes
-depends="gtk+-devel ${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
-short_desc="${sourcepkg} -- development files"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
-
-do_install() {
-	vmove usr/include usr
-	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/metacity/template b/srcpkgs/metacity/template
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-# Template file for 'metacity'
-pkgname=metacity
-version=2.34.13
-revision=1
-subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
-build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-static --disable-schemas-compile"
-makedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool gnome-doc-utils libXcomposite-devel
- libXrandr-devel libXcursor-devel libXinerama-devel libcanberra-devel
- startup-notification-devel libgtop-devel gsettings-desktop-schemas-devel"
-fulldepends="zenity gnome-icon-theme"
-short_desc="GNOME-compliant window manager"
-maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-homepage="http://www.gnome.org"
-license="GPL-2"
-distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/2.34/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=8cf4dbf0da0a6f36357ce7db7f829ec685908a7792453c662fb8184572b91075
-long_desc="
- Metacity is not a meta-City as in an urban center, but rather Meta-ness as in
- the state of being meta. i.e. metacity : meta as opacity : opaque. Also
- it may have something to do with the Meta key on UNIX keyboards."