diff --git a/src/db/dbNotifyBlockerIL.h b/src/db/dbNotifyBlockerIL.h
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-
-/*  
- *  $Id$
- *
- *                              
- *                    L O S  A L A M O S
- *              Los Alamos National Laboratory
- *               Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
- *                                  
- *  Copyright, 1986, The Regents of the University of California.
- *                                  
- *           
- *	Author Jeffrey O. Hill
- *	johill@lanl.gov
- *	505 665 1831
- */
-
-inline void * dbPutNotifyBlocker::operator new ( size_t size )
-{
-    epicsAutoMutex locker ( dbPutNotifyBlocker::freeListMutex );
-    return dbPutNotifyBlocker::freeList.allocate ( size );
-}
-
-inline void dbPutNotifyBlocker::operator delete ( void *pCadaver, size_t size )
-{
-    epicsAutoMutex locker ( dbPutNotifyBlocker::freeListMutex );
-    dbPutNotifyBlocker::freeList.release ( pCadaver, size );
-}