diff --git a/infer/models/java/src/java/lang/Thread.java b/infer/models/java/src/java/lang/Thread.java
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--- a/infer/models/java/src/java/lang/Thread.java
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@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2013 - present Facebook, Inc.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the BSD style license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
- * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
- */
-
-package java.lang;
-
-public class Thread implements Runnable {
-
-    Runnable target;
-
-    public static interface UncaughtExceptionHandler {
-    }
-
-    public synchronized void start() {
-        run();
-    }
-
-    public void run() {
-        if (target != null) {
-            target.run();
-        }
-    }
-
-}