diff --git a/tools/rna_tools/infernal/repository_dependencies.xml b/tools/rna_tools/infernal/repository_dependencies.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<repositories description="This requires the datatype definitions for Multiple Sequence Alignment (MSA) formats (e.g. STOCKHOLM, SELEX, ClustalW).">
-    <repository name="msa_datatypes" owner="iuc" />
-</repositories>