diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/qc/VCFValidator.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/qc/VCFValidator.java
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-package org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers.qc;
-
-
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.refdata.utils.RODRecordList;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers.RodWalker;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers.Requires;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers.RMD;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.refdata.RodVCF;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.refdata.RefMetaDataTracker;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.contexts.ReferenceContext;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.contexts.AlignmentContext;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.StingException;
-
-/**
- * A light-weight validator for a VCF file.
- */
-@Requires(value={},referenceMetaData=@RMD(name="vcf", type=RodVCF.class))
-public class VCFValidator extends RodWalker<Integer, Integer> {
-
-    /**
-     * It's about as simple as things come right now.  We let the rod system process all of the
-     * entries in the file, and if no errors pop up in processing, then it validates!
-     */
-
-    public Integer map(RefMetaDataTracker tracker, ReferenceContext ref, AlignmentContext context) {
-        if ( tracker != null ) {
-            RODRecordList rodlist = tracker.getTrackData("vcf", null);
-            if ( rodlist != null ) {
-                RodVCF rod = (RodVCF)rodlist.get(0);
-                if ( (rod.isSNP() || rod.isReference()) &&  Character.toUpperCase(rod.getReference().charAt(0)) != Character.toUpperCase(ref.getBase()) )
-                    throw new StingException("The reference base (" + ref.getBase() + ") does not match the base from the VCF record (" + rod.getReference() + ")");
-            }
-        }
-        return 1;
-    }
-
-    public Integer reduceInit() { return 0; }
-
-    public Integer reduce(Integer value, Integer sum) {
-        return sum + value;
-    }
-
-    public void onTraversalDone(Integer result) {
-        out.println("The input file is a valid VCF");
-    }
-}