diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/dataSources/shards/ExpGrowthShardStrategy.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/dataSources/shards/ExpGrowthShardStrategy.java
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--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/dataSources/shards/ExpGrowthShardStrategy.java
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-package org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.dataSources.shards;
-
-import net.sf.samtools.SAMSequenceDictionary;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.GenomeLoc;
-
-import java.util.List;
-
-/**
- *
- * User: aaron
- * Date: Apr 6, 2009
- * Time: 8:23:19 PM
- *
- * The Broad Institute
- * SOFTWARE COPYRIGHT NOTICE AGREEMENT 
- * This software and its documentation are copyright 2009 by the
- * Broad Institute/Massachusetts Institute of Technology. All rights are reserved.
- *
- * This software is supplied without any warranty or guaranteed support whatsoever. Neither
- * the Broad Institute nor MIT can be responsible for its use, misuse, or functionality.
- *
- */
-
-
-/**
- * @author aaron
- * @version 1.0
- * @date Apr 6, 2009
- * <p/>
- * Class LinearShard
- * <p/>
- * A exponential strategy
- */
-public class ExpGrowthShardStrategy extends ShardStrategy {
-
-    // fixed size
-    private long baseSize = 100000;
-    private long currentExp = 0;
-
-    /**
-     * the constructor, taking a seq dictionary to parse out contigs
-     *
-     * @param dic the seq dictionary
-     */
-    ExpGrowthShardStrategy(SAMSequenceDictionary dic, long startSize) {
-        super(dic);
-        this.baseSize = startSize;
-        currentExp = 0;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * the constructor, taking a seq dictionary to parse out contigs
-     *
-     * @param dic the seq dictionary
-     */
-    ExpGrowthShardStrategy(SAMSequenceDictionary dic, long startSize, List<GenomeLoc> lst) {
-        super(dic, lst);
-        this.baseSize = startSize;
-        currentExp = 0;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * the constructor, taking a seq dictionary to parse out contigs
-     *
-     * @param strat the shatter to convert from
-     */
-    ExpGrowthShardStrategy(ShardStrategy strat) {
-        super(strat);
-        this.baseSize = strat.nextShardSize();
-        currentExp = 0;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * set the next shards size
-     *
-     * @param size adjust the next size to this
-     */
-    public void adjustNextShardSize(long size) {
-        baseSize = size;
-        currentExp = 0;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * This is how the various shards strategies implements their approach
-     *
-     * @return the next shard size
-     */
-    protected long nextShardSize() {
-        // we grow the exponentially, we just have to make sure we start at zero
-        ++currentExp;
-        return (long) Math.floor(Math.pow((double) baseSize, (double) currentExp));
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/dataSources/shards/LinearShardStrategy.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/dataSources/shards/LinearShardStrategy.java
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--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/dataSources/shards/LinearShardStrategy.java
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@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-package org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.dataSources.shards;
-
-import net.sf.samtools.SAMSequenceDictionary;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.GenomeLoc;
-
-import java.util.List;
-
-/**
- *
- * User: aaron
- * Date: Apr 6, 2009
- * Time: 7:18:19 PM
- *
- * The Broad Institute
- * SOFTWARE COPYRIGHT NOTICE AGREEMENT 
- * This software and its documentation are copyright 2009 by the
- * Broad Institute/Massachusetts Institute of Technology. All rights are reserved.
- *
- * This software is supplied without any warranty or guaranteed support whatsoever. Neither
- * the Broad Institute nor MIT can be responsible for its use, misuse, or functionality.
- *
- */
-
-
-/**
- * @author aaron
- * @version 1.0
- * @date Apr 6, 2009
- * <p/>
- * Class AdaptiveShard
- * <p/>
- * allows you to change the sharding length as you traverse
- */
-class LinearShardStrategy extends ShardStrategy {
-
-    // default the next size to 100,000
-    private long nextShardSize = 100000;
-
-    /**
-     * the constructor, taking a seq dictionary to parse out contigs
-     *
-     * @param dic the seq dictionary
-     */
-    LinearShardStrategy(SAMSequenceDictionary dic, long startSize) {
-        super(dic);
-        this.nextShardSize = startSize;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * the constructor, taking a seq dictionary to parse out contigs
-     *
-     * @param strat the shatter to convert from
-     */
-    LinearShardStrategy(ShardStrategy strat) {
-        super(strat);
-        this.nextShardSize = strat.nextShardSize();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * the constructor, taking a seq dictionary to parse out contigs
-     *
-     * @param dic the seq dictionary
-     * @param lst the list of genome locations to iterate over
-     */
-    LinearShardStrategy(SAMSequenceDictionary dic, long startSize, List<GenomeLoc> lst) {
-        super(dic, lst);
-        this.nextShardSize = startSize;
-    }
-    /**
-     * set the next shards size
-     *
-     * @param size adjust the next size to this
-     */
-    public void adjustNextShardSize(long size) {
-        nextShardSize = size;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * This is how the various shards strategies implements their approach
-     *
-     * @return the next shard size
-     */
-    protected long nextShardSize() {
-        return nextShardSize;
-    }
-
-}