diff --git a/Rmodules/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy b/Rmodules/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy
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--- a/Rmodules/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy
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-import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
-import org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ConvertedMap
-import org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper
-import org.gmock.GMockController
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
-import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext
-import org.transmartproject.core.dataquery.clinical.ClinicalDataResource
-import org.transmartproject.core.dataquery.highdim.HighDimensionResource
-import org.transmartproject.core.querytool.QueriesResource
-import org.transmartproject.core.users.ProtectedOperation
-import org.transmartproject.core.users.ProtectedResource
-import org.transmartproject.core.users.User
-
-@Slf4j
-class GMockFactoryBean implements FactoryBean {
-
-    final boolean singleton = true
-
-    Class clazz
-
-    @Autowired
-    GMockController gMockController
-
-    private Object object
-
-    def getObject() {
-        if (clazz == null) {
-            /* refuse to give an object if not fully initialized yet */
-            throw new BeanCreationException('Asked to give mock without class being specified')
-        }
-        if (object == null) {
-            object = gMockController.mock(clazz)
-        }
-        object
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    Class<?> getObjectType() { clazz }
-}
-
-/* can't use ScopedProxyFactoryBean because it creates a JDK proxy,
- * which checks whether the returned value matches the value declared
- * on the interface method.
- */
-class GroovyInterceptableProxyFactoryBean implements FactoryBean {
-
-    Class<?> objectType
-    String targetBeanName
-
-    @Autowired
-    ApplicationContext ctx
-    final boolean singleton = true
-
-    @Lazy Object object = {
-        assert targetBeanName != null
-        assert objectType != null
-
-        java.lang.reflect.Proxy.newProxyInstance(
-                objectType.classLoader,
-                [objectType, GroovyInterceptable] as Class<?>[],
-                new ConvertedMap(invokeMethod: { String name, Object args ->
-                    InvokerHelper.invokeMethodSafe(
-                            ctx.getBean(targetBeanName),
-                            name,
-                            args)
-                }))
-    }()
-}
-
-@Slf4j
-class CurrentUserBeanMockFactory implements FactoryBean<User> {
-    final Class<?> objectType = User
-
-    final boolean singleton = true
-
-    void registerBeanToTry(String beanName) {
-        log.debug('Mocked call to &currentUserBean.registerBeanToTry with ' +
-                "beanName=$beanName")
-    }
-
-    User getObject() throws Exception {
-        [
-            canPerform: { ProtectedOperation operation,
-                          ProtectedResource protectedResource ->
-                log.debug("Mocked call to currentUserBean.canPerform with " +
-                        "operation=$operation, " +
-                        "protectedResource=$protectedResource")
-                true
-            }
-        ] as User
-    }
-
-    /* the application is aware that currentUserBean is a BeanFactory that
-     * returns proxies. Hence, on doWithApplicationContext, we get a
-     * reference to the bean factory itself (with &) and in RModulesController
-     * we call currentUserBean.targetSource.
-     * The first case is covered here by implementing registerBeanToTry(),
-     * but the second is not necessary because we're not testing
-     * RModulesController. If we did, we'd need to have the object returned
-     * by getObject() to provide a getTargetSource method.
-     */
-}
-
-beans = {
-    /*
-     *  Note that this file is only used for testing.
-     *  It is excluded from the final plugin artifact
-     */
-
-    gmockController GMockController, { bean ->
-        bean.scope = 'job'
-    }
-
-    /* Mock the core-db services */
-
-    highDimensionResourceService GroovyInterceptableProxyFactoryBean, {
-        targetBeanName = 'scopedHighDimensionResourceService'
-        objectType = HighDimensionResource
-    }
-
-    clinicalDataResourceService GroovyInterceptableProxyFactoryBean, {
-        targetBeanName = 'scopedClinicalDataResourceService'
-        objectType = ClinicalDataResource
-    }
-
-    queriesResourceService GroovyInterceptableProxyFactoryBean, {
-        targetBeanName = 'scopedQueriesResourceService'
-        objectType = QueriesResource
-    }
-
-    scopedHighDimensionResourceService GMockFactoryBean, { bean ->
-        clazz = HighDimensionResource
-        bean.scope = 'job'
-    }
-
-    scopedClinicalDataResourceService GMockFactoryBean, { bean ->
-        clazz = ClinicalDataResource
-        bean.scope = 'job'
-    }
-
-    scopedQueriesResourceService GMockFactoryBean, { bean ->
-        clazz = QueriesResource
-        bean.scope = 'job'
-    }
-
-    /* Mock of transmartApp bean */
-    currentUserBean CurrentUserBeanMockFactory
-}
diff --git a/mock-ontology-server/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy b/mock-ontology-server/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy
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--- a/mock-ontology-server/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy
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-// Place your Spring DSL code here
-beans = {
-}
diff --git a/transmart-core-db-tests/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy b/transmart-core-db-tests/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy
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--- a/transmart-core-db-tests/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-// Place your Spring DSL code here
-beans = {
-}
diff --git a/transmart-core-db/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy b/transmart-core-db/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy
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--- a/transmart-core-db/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-beans = {
-}
diff --git a/transmart-notifications/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy b/transmart-notifications/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy
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index fa950068bb..0000000000
--- a/transmart-notifications/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-// Place your Spring DSL code here
-beans = {
-}
diff --git a/transmart-oauth/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy b/transmart-oauth/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy
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--- a/transmart-oauth/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy
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-beans = {
-    
-
-}
diff --git a/transmartApp/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy b/transmartApp/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy
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--- a/transmartApp/grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy
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-beans = {
-
-}