diff --git a/syntax_checkers/c.vim b/syntax_checkers/c.vim
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--- a/syntax_checkers/c.vim
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-"============================================================================
-"File:        c.vim
-"Description: Syntax checking plugin for syntastic.vim
-"Maintainer:  Martin Grenfell <martin.grenfell at gmail dot com>
-"License:     This program is free software. It comes without any warranty,
-"             to the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute
-"             it and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You
-"             Want To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar.
-"             See http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
-"
-"============================================================================
-
-if !exists('g:syntastic_c_checker')
-    if exists('g:loaded_youcompleteme')
-        let g:syntastic_c_checker = "ycm"
-    else
-        let g:syntastic_c_checker = "gcc"
-    endif
-endif
-
-if g:syntastic_c_checker == "ycm"
-    runtime! syntax_checkers/c/ycm.vim
-elseif g:syntastic_c_checker == "gcc" || g:syntastic_c_checker == "clang"
-    if executable(g:syntastic_c_checker)
-        runtime! syntax_checkers/c/gcc.vim
-    endif
-elseif g:syntastic_c_checker == "checkpatch"
-    if executable("checkpatch.pl") || executable("./scripts/checkpatch.pl")
-        runtime! syntax_checkers/c/checkpatch.vim
-    endif
-elseif g:syntastic_c_checker == "checkpatch-kernel-only"
-    if executable("./scripts/checkpatch.pl")
-        runtime! syntax_checkers/c/checkpatch.vim
-    elseif executable("gcc")
-        runtime! syntax_checkers/c/gcc.vim
-    endif
-elseif g:syntastic_c_checker == "sparse"
-    if executable("cgcc")
-        runtime! syntax_checkers/c/sparse.vim
-    endif
-endif
diff --git a/syntax_checkers/objcpp.vim b/syntax_checkers/objcpp.vim
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--- a/syntax_checkers/objcpp.vim
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-"============================================================================
-"File:        objcpp.vim
-"Description: Syntax checking plugin for syntastic.vim
-"Maintainer:  Val Markovic <val at markovic dot io>
-"License:     This program is free software. It comes without any warranty,
-"             to the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute
-"             it and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You
-"             Want To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar.
-"             See http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
-"
-"============================================================================
-" NOTE: This plugin only supports use of the YouCompleteMe Vim plugin as the
-" source of the diagnostics. If you would like to have Syntastic support without
-" the use of YCM, feel free to contribute changes to this file.
-
-if exists("loaded_objcpp_syntax_checker")
-    finish
-endif
-let loaded_objcpp_syntax_checker = 1
-
-if !exists('g:loaded_youcompleteme')
-    finish
-endif
-
-function! SyntaxCheckers_objcpp_GetLocList()
-    return youcompleteme#CurrentFileDiagnostics()
-endfunction