diff --git a/src/contrib/lib/.cvsignore b/src/contrib/lib/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d392f0e82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/contrib/lib/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.jar
diff --git a/src/contrib/lib/placeholder b/src/contrib/lib/placeholder
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c057009a..000000000
--- a/src/contrib/lib/placeholder
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-CVS happy