diff --git a/paddle/phi/backends/c_comm_lib.cc b/paddle/phi/backends/c_comm_lib.cc
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--- a/paddle/phi/backends/c_comm_lib.cc
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-// Copyright (c) 2022 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
-//
-// 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.
-
-#include "paddle/phi/backends/c_comm_lib.h"
-
-namespace phi {
-// Even this source file does not contains any code, it is better to keep this
-// source file for cmake dependency.
-}  // namespace phi