diff --git a/backend/emptyMdata.xml b/backend/emptyMdata.xml
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index 9f35eb8ff..000000000
--- a/backend/emptyMdata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<audioClip>
- <metadata
-   xmlns="http://mdlf.org/campcaster/elements/1.0/"
-   xmlns:ls="http://mdlf.org/campcaster/elements/1.0/"
-   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
-   xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
-   xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"
- >
-  <dc:title>Empty file</dc:title>
-  <dcterms:extent>00:00:00.000000</dcterms:extent>
- </metadata>
-</audioClip>
diff --git a/backend/emptyPlaylist.xml b/backend/emptyPlaylist.xml
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index edc791dd8..000000000
--- a/backend/emptyPlaylist.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<playlist id="0000000000000000" playlength="00:00:00.000000">
- <metadata
-   xmlns="http://mdlf.org/campcaster/elements/1.0/"
-   xmlns:ls="http://mdlf.org/campcaster/elements/1.0/"
-   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
-   xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
-   xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"
- />
-</playlist>
diff --git a/backend/emptyWebstream.xml b/backend/emptyWebstream.xml
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index 39639f9c3..000000000
--- a/backend/emptyWebstream.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<audioClip>
- <metadata
-   xmlns="http://mdlf.org/campcaster/elements/1.0/"
-   xmlns:ls="http://mdlf.org/campcaster/elements/1.0/"
-   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
-   xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
-   xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"
- >
-  <ls:url></ls:url>
-  <dc:title>Empty file</dc:title>
-  <dcterms:extent>00:00:00.000000</dcterms:extent>
- </metadata>
-</audioClip>
diff --git a/backend/campcaster_version.php b/campcaster_version.php
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rename from backend/campcaster_version.php
rename to campcaster_version.php
diff --git a/backend/conf.php b/conf.php
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rename from backend/conf.php
rename to conf.php
diff --git a/backend/conf.php.template b/conf.php.template
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rename from backend/conf.php.template
rename to conf.php.template
diff --git a/backend/conf_only.php.template b/conf_only.php.template
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rename from backend/conf_only.php.template
rename to conf_only.php.template