diff --git a/tmp/modified_authorities/DO_NOT_REMOVE b/tmp/modified_authorities/DO_NOT_REMOVE
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a0b851f4a..0000000000
--- a/tmp/modified_authorities/DO_NOT_REMOVE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-do not remove this file, used to avoid cvs deleting this directory
diff --git a/tmp/modified_authorities/README.txt b/tmp/modified_authorities/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..caaf457a68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tmp/modified_authorities/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+do not remove this file, used to avoid the vcs from deleting this directory