diff --git a/litho-it/src/main/java/com/facebook/proguard/annotations/DoNotStrip.java b/litho-it/src/main/java/com/facebook/proguard/annotations/DoNotStrip.java
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--- a/litho-it/src/main/java/com/facebook/proguard/annotations/DoNotStrip.java
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-/*
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * 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.
- */
-
-package com.facebook.proguard.annotations;
-
-import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.CLASS;
-
-import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
-import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
-import java.lang.annotation.Target;
-
-/**
- * Add this annotation to a class, method, or field to instruct Proguard to not strip it out.
- *
- * <p>This is useful for methods called via reflection that could appear as unused to Proguard.
- */
-@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR})
-@Retention(CLASS)
-public @interface DoNotStrip {}