diff --git a/openair2/UTIL/ALG_DS/CMakeLists.txt b/openair2/UTIL/ALG_DS/CMakeLists.txt
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index 2b16a1b9c9..0000000000
--- a/openair2/UTIL/ALG_DS/CMakeLists.txt
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-add_subdirectory(DS)
-
diff --git a/openair2/UTIL/ALG_DS/README.md b/openair2/UTIL/ALG_DS/README.md
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index dd9403dad3..0000000000
--- a/openair2/UTIL/ALG_DS/README.md
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-Algorithms and Data Structures in C for common usage
-
diff --git a/openair2/UTIL/CMakeLists.txt b/openair2/UTIL/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ba707d9da..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/openair2/UTIL/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/openair2/UTIL/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-add_subdirectory(ALG_DS)
-