diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/client/JobTimeoutException.java b/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/client/JobTimeoutException.java
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-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.apache.flink.runtime.client;
-
-import org.apache.flink.api.common.JobID;
-
-/**
- * An exception which is thrown by the JobClient if the job manager is no longer reachable.
- */
-public class JobTimeoutException extends JobExecutionException {
-
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 2818087325120827529L;
-
-	public JobTimeoutException(final JobID jobID, final String msg, final Throwable cause) {
-		super(jobID, msg, cause);
-	}
-}