diff --git a/include/sql/Makefile b/include/sql/Makefile
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-# TODO
-#   - make test
-#   - PostgreSQL configuration (host, port, username, password, ..)
-#   - gitsubmodules?
-
-# usage:
-#   `make create_database`
-#      create a `taler-exchange` database
-#   `make fetch_source`
-#      fetch all *.sql and *.sql.in files from GNU Taler exchange repository (latest commit)
-#      file `exchangedb.version` contains hash of latest commit that changed
-#      something in exchange/src/exchangedb
-#   `make init`
-#      initialize taler-exchange database (create tables, ...)
-#      `taler-exchange` database must already be created
-fetch_source:
-	git clone https://git.taler.net/exchange.git/ ./exchange
-	cp ./exchange/src/exchangedb/*.sql ./
-	cp ./exchange/src/exchangedb/*.sql.in ./
-	git -C ./exchange log -n 1 --pretty=format:%H ./src/exchangedb > exchangedb.version
-	rm -rf ./exchange
-
-clean_source:
-	rm -f ./*.sql
-	rm -f ./*.sql.in
-
-dbname := taler-exchange
-sql_INIT := init.sql
-sql_DROP := drop.sql
-
-sql_DATA := \
-  versioning.sql \
-  exchange-0001.sql \
-  exchange-0002.sql \
-  exchange-0003.sql \
-  exchange-0004.sql \
-  exchange-0005.sql \
-  procedures.sql
-
-procedures.sql: procedures.sql.in exchange_do_*.sql exchange_statistics_*.sql exchange_trigger_*.sql
-	chmod +w $@ 2> /dev/null || true
-	gcc -E -P -undef - < procedures.sql.in 2>/dev/null | sed -e "s/--.*//" | awk 'NF' - >$@
-	chmod ugo-w $@
-
-exchange-0002.sql: exchange-0002.sql.in 0002-*.sql
-	chmod +w $@ 2> /dev/null || true
-	gcc -E -P -undef - < exchange-0002.sql.in 2>/dev/null | sed -e "s/--.*//" | awk 'NF' - >$@
-	chmod ugo-w $@
-
-exchange-0003.sql: exchange-0003.sql.in 0003-*.sql
-	chmod +w $@ 2> /dev/null || true
-	gcc -E -P -undef - < exchange-0003.sql.in 2>/dev/null | sed -e "s/--.*//" | awk 'NF' - >$@
-	chmod ugo-w $@
-
-exchange-0004.sql: exchange-0004.sql.in 0004-*.sql
-	chmod +w $@ 2> /dev/null || true
-	gcc -E -P -undef - < exchange-0004.sql.in 2>/dev/null | sed -e "s/--.*//" | awk 'NF' - >$@
-	chmod ugo-w $@
-
-gen_sql: procedures.sql exchange-0002.sql exchange-0003.sql exchange-0004.sql
-
-.DEFAULT_GOAL := gen_init
-gen_init: gen_sql $(sql_DATA)
-	@printf "" > $(sql_INIT)
-	@cat $(sql_DATA) >> $(sql_INIT)
-
-clean:
-	rm -f procedures.sql
-	rm -f exchange-0002.sql
-	rm -f exchange-0003.sql
-	rm -f exchange-0004.sql
-	rm $(sql_INIT)
-
-# "NOTICE:  function xxx() does not exist, skipping" are normal and expected
-init: gen_init
-	psql --host=localhost --port=5432 --username=mte --password --dbname=$(dbname) --file=$(sql_INIT)
-
-drop:
-	psql --host=localhost --port=5432 --username=mte --password --dbname=$(dbname) --file=$(sql_DROP)
-
-create_database:
-	createdb --host=localhost --port=5432 --username=mte --password $(dbname)
-
-drop_database:
-	dropdb --host=localhost --port=5432 --username=mte --password $(dbname)
-
-reset_database: drop_database create_database
diff --git a/include/sql/exchangedb.version b/include/sql/exchangedb.version
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-2305679765fb14b82512b5140ae113d9633109c8
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