diff --git a/settings_no_askbot.py b/settings_no_askbot.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e328f54617..0000000000
--- a/settings_no_askbot.py
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-ASKBOT_ENABLED = False
-execfile("settings_old_askbot.py")
diff --git a/settings_no_courseware.py b/settings_no_courseware.py
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index 704afa17fc..0000000000
--- a/settings_no_courseware.py
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-COURSEWARE_ENABLED = False
-execfile("settings.py")