diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/resources/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/tomcat/empty-web.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/resources/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/tomcat/empty-web.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ec3f71a4bc..00000000000
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/resources/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/tomcat/empty-web.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<web-app version="3.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee
-	https://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd">
-</web-app>