diff --git a/src/test/testutil.cpp b/src/test/testutil.cpp
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+// Copyright (c) 2009-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
diff --git a/src/test/testutil.h b/src/test/testutil.h
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+// Copyright (c) 2009-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+/**
+ * Utility functions shared by unit tests
+ */
+#ifndef BITCOIN_TEST_TESTUTIL_H
+#define BITCOIN_TEST_TESTUTIL_H
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_TEST_TESTUTIL_H