diff --git a/openbr/plugins/metadata/hogpersondetector.cpp b/openbr/plugins/metadata/hogpersondetector.cpp
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-#include <opencv2/objdetect/objdetect.hpp>
-
-/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
- * Copyright 2012 The MITRE Corporation                                      *
- *                                                                           *
- * Licensed 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.                                            *
- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
-
-#include <openbr/plugins/openbr_internal.h>
-
-using namespace cv;
-
-namespace br
-{
-
-/*!
- * \ingroup transforms
- * \brief Detects objects with OpenCV's built-in HOG detection.
- * \br_link http://docs.opencv.org/modules/gpu/doc/object_detection.html
- * \author Austin Blanton \cite imaus10
- */
-class HOGPersonDetectorTransform : public UntrainableTransform
-{
-    Q_OBJECT
-
-    HOGDescriptor hog;
-
-    void init()
-    {
-        hog.setSVMDetector(HOGDescriptor::getDefaultPeopleDetector());
-    }
-
-    void project(const Template &src, Template &dst) const
-    {
-        dst = src;
-        std::vector<Rect> objLocs;
-        QList<Rect> rects;
-        hog.detectMultiScale(src, objLocs);
-        foreach (const Rect &obj, objLocs)
-            rects.append(obj);
-        dst.file.setRects(rects);
-    }
-};
-
-BR_REGISTER(Transform, HOGPersonDetectorTransform)
-
-} // namespace br
-
-#include "metadata/hogpersondetector.moc"