diff --git a/robots.txt b/robots.txt
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index 15812db5f21b..000000000000
--- a/robots.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-layout: none
----
-User-agent: *
-Allow: /
-
-Sitemap: {{ "sitemap.xml" | absolute_url }}