diff --git a/webknossos-datastore/app/com/scalableminds/webknossos/datastore/dataformats/wkw/WKWDataFormat.scala b/webknossos-datastore/app/com/scalableminds/webknossos/datastore/dataformats/wkw/WKWDataFormat.scala
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--- a/webknossos-datastore/app/com/scalableminds/webknossos/datastore/dataformats/wkw/WKWDataFormat.scala
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-package com.scalableminds.webknossos.datastore.dataformats.wkw
-
-object WKWDataFormat {
-  val FILENAME_HEADER_WKW = "header.wkw"
-}