diff --git a/scientific/gnuplot/gnuplot.conf b/scientific/gnuplot/gnuplot.conf
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-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../gnuplot/gnuplot.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
-# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
-# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
-confopt="$confopt --with-readline=gnu --without-gd"