diff --git a/sw/apps/atax/.gitignore b/sw/apps/atax/.gitignore
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-data/data.h
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diff --git a/sw/apps/correlation/.gitignore b/sw/apps/correlation/.gitignore
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-data/data.h
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diff --git a/sw/apps/doitgen/.gitignore b/sw/apps/doitgen/.gitignore
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-data/data.h
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diff --git a/sw/blas/.gitignore b/sw/blas/.gitignore
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-**/data/data.h
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diff --git a/sw/blas/dot/Makefile b/sw/blas/dot/Makefile
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-# Copyright 2024 ETH Zurich and University of Bologna.
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, see LICENSE for details.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-# Usage of absolute paths is required to externally include this Makefile
-MK_DIR   := $(dir $(realpath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
-DATA_DIR := $(realpath $(MK_DIR)/data)
-SRC_DIR  := $(realpath $(MK_DIR)/src)
-
-DATA_CFG ?= $(DATA_DIR)/params.json
-SECTION  ?=
-
-APP     ?= dot
-SRCS    ?= $(realpath $(SRC_DIR)/main.c)
-INCDIRS ?= $(dir $(DATA_H)) $(SRC_DIR)
-
-DATAGEN_PY = $(MK_DIR)/scripts/datagen.py
-DATA_H    ?= $(DATA_DIR)/data.h
-
-$(dir $(DATA_H)):
-	mkdir -p $@
-
-$(DATA_H): $(DATAGEN_PY) $(DATA_CFG) | $(dir $(DATA_H))
-	$< -c $(DATA_CFG) --section="$(SECTION)" $@
-
-.PHONY: clean-data clean
-
-clean-data:
-	rm -f $(DATA_H)
-
-clean: clean-data
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-*/data/data.h