diff --git a/utils/thirdparty/src/main/java/org/onlab/thirdparty/OnlabThirdparty.java b/utils/thirdparty/src/main/java/org/onlab/thirdparty/OnlabThirdparty.java
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+package org.onlab.thirdparty;
+
+
+/**
+ * Empty class required to get the onlab-thirdparty module to build properly.
+ * <p/>
+ * TODO Figure out how to remove this.
+ */
+public class OnlabThirdparty {
+
+}