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+/* modernizr.min.js is causing unnecessary reloads of a page causing
+ * flashing of the browser window during page load.  This empty script
+ * effectively wipes out the modernizr.min.js unnecessarily loaded by
+ * the Sphinx rtd theme (see
+ * https://github.com/readthedocs/sphinx_rtd_theme/issues/724)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Intel Corporation
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */