diff --git a/image_readers/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/imagereaders/ImageReaderLibrariesIterable.java b/image_readers/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/imagereaders/ImageReaderLibrariesIterable.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2011 ETH Zuerich, CISD
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package ch.systemsx.cisd.imagereaders;
-
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.ServiceLoader;
-
-/**
- * This class has a direct dependency to JDK 1.6 API and will fail to load under JDK 1.5.
- * 
- * @author Kaloyan Enimanev
- */
-public class ImageReaderLibrariesIterable implements Iterable<IImageReaderLibrary>
-{
-
-    public Iterator<IImageReaderLibrary> iterator()
-    {
-        return ServiceLoader.load(IImageReaderLibrary.class).iterator();
-    }
-
-}