diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 588ad60..8f0d4ce 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ object Extras {
     // set for the project
     const val description = "Utilities for use within Java projects"
     const val group = "com.dorkbox"
-    const val version = "1.23"
+    const val version = "1.24"
 
     // set as project.ext
     const val name = "Utilities"
diff --git a/src/dorkbox/jna/linux/GtkLoader.java b/src/dorkbox/jna/linux/GtkLoader.java
index e688fd5..2fba386 100644
--- a/src/dorkbox/jna/linux/GtkLoader.java
+++ b/src/dorkbox/jna/linux/GtkLoader.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class GtkLoader {
      */
     public static
     String getVersion() {
-        return "1.23";
+        return "1.24";
     }
 
     // objdump -T /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 | grep gtk
diff --git a/src/dorkbox/util/Desktop.java b/src/dorkbox/util/Desktop.java
index 61de558..80a6852 100644
--- a/src/dorkbox/util/Desktop.java
+++ b/src/dorkbox/util/Desktop.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Desktop {
      */
     public static
     String getVersion() {
-        return "1.23";
+        return "1.24";
     }
 
     static {
diff --git a/src9/dorkbox/os/EmptyClass.java b/src9/dorkbox/os/EmptyClass.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c650f84..0000000
--- a/src9/dorkbox/os/EmptyClass.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2021 dorkbox, llc
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package dorkbox.os;
-
-/**
- * Required for intellij to not complain regarding `module-info` for a multi-release jar.
- * This file is completely ignored by the gradle build process
- */
-public
-class EmptyClass {}