diff --git a/shell/platform/linux/BUILD.gn b/shell/platform/linux/BUILD.gn
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+# Copyright 2018 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+group("linux") {
+}