diff --git a/src/slurp.cc b/src/slurp.cc
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--- a/src/slurp.cc
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-// This file is under GNU General Public License 3.0
-// see LICENSE.txt
-
-#include "slurp.hh"
-#include <fstream>
-#include <sstream>
-#include <stdexcept>
-
-namespace pEp {
-    std::string slurp(const std::string& filename)
-    {
-        std::ifstream input(filename.c_str(), std::ios_base::binary);
-        if (!input) {
-            throw std::runtime_error("Cannot read file \"" + filename + "\"! ");
-        }
-
-        std::stringstream sstr;
-        sstr << input.rdbuf();
-        return sstr.str();
-    }
-} // end of namespace pEp
diff --git a/src/slurp.hh b/src/slurp.hh
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-// This file is under GNU General Public License 3.0
-// see LICENSE.txt
-
-#ifndef LIBPEPADAPTER_LIB_SLURP_HH
-#define LIBPEPADAPTER_LIB_SLURP_HH
-
-#include <string>
-
-namespace pEp {
-    // reads a whole file and returns it as std::string
-    // throws std::runtime_error() if the file cannot be read. Empty file is not an error.
-    std::string slurp(const std::string& filename);
-
-} // end of namespace pEp
-
-#endif // LIBPEPADAPTER_LIB_SLURP_HH
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