--- a/AbstractSettingsApplication.st	Sun Apr 03 07:05:07 2016 +0200
+++ b/AbstractSettingsApplication.st	Mon Apr 04 07:09:38 2016 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-"{ Encoding: utf8 }"
-
 "
  COPYRIGHT (c) 2002 by eXept Software AG
               All Rights Reserved
@@ -1347,7 +1345,7 @@
 
     packageDirPath := Smalltalk getSystemFileName:'packages'.
     packageDirPath isNil ifTrue:[
-        ^ nil
+        ^ #()
     ].
 
     list := OrderedCollection new.