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diff --git a/src/Avalonia.DotNetFrameworkRuntime/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/Avalonia.DotNetFrameworkRuntime/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
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index 3a91d50a24..0000000000
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