diff --git a/util/scripts/extractDetailedDescription.py b/util/scripts/extractDetailedDescription.py
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--- a/util/scripts/extractDetailedDescription.py
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-#! /usr/bin/python
-
-# Extracts the paragraph with the detailed description of a class from
-# a LaTeX file generated by doxygen. This script is used to avoid
-# duplication between the API reference documentation and the DuMuX
-# handbook.
-
-import sys
-import re
-
-while True:
-    curLine = sys.stdin.readline().strip()
-    if curLine == "":
-         sys.exit(0)
-         
-    if re.search("\\\\[a-z]*section\{Detailed Description\}", curLine):
-        # ignore one line
-        i = 0
-        while i < 1:           
-            sys.stdin.readline().strip()
-            i += 1
-
-        # ignore all lines until we hit the next paragraph
-        i = 0
-        while i < 2:
-            curLine = sys.stdin.readline().strip()
-            if curLine == "":
-                i += 1
-
-        # print the next paragraph
-        while True:
-            curLine = sys.stdin.readline().strip()
-            match = re.search("(\\\\[a-z]*section|\\\\begin\\{Compact)", curLine)
-            if match is not None:
-                print curLine[:match.start()]
-                sys.exit(0)
-            print curLine
-