diff --git a/pmd-kotlin/src/main/resources/rulesets/kotlin/rulesets.properties b/pmd-kotlin/src/main/resources/rulesets/kotlin/rulesets.properties
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-#
-# BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
-#
-
-rulesets.filenames=\
-    category/kotlin/bestpractices.xml
-