diff --git a/include/boost/geometry/algorithms/detail/is_valid/linestring.hpp b/include/boost/geometry/algorithms/detail/is_valid/linear.hpp
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rename to include/boost/geometry/algorithms/detail/is_valid/linear.hpp
diff --git a/include/boost/geometry/algorithms/detail/is_valid/multi_linestring.hpp b/include/boost/geometry/algorithms/detail/is_valid/multi_linestring.hpp
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-// Boost.Geometry (aka GGL, Generic Geometry Library)
-
-// Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
-
-// Contributed and/or modified by Menelaos Karavelas, on behalf of Oracle
-
-// Licensed under the Boost Software License version 1.0.
-// http://www.boost.org/users/license.html
-
-#ifndef BOOST_GEOMETRY_ALGORITHMS_DETAIL_IS_VALID_MULTI_LINESTRING_HPP
-#define BOOST_GEOMETRY_ALGORITHMS_DETAIL_IS_VALID_MULTI_LINESTRING_HPP
-
-#include <boost/range.hpp>
-
-#include <boost/geometry/core/tags.hpp>
-
-#include <boost/geometry/algorithms/detail/check_iterator_range.hpp>
-#include <boost/geometry/algorithms/dispatch/is_valid.hpp>
-
-
-namespace boost { namespace geometry
-{
-
-
-#ifndef DOXYGEN_NO_DISPATCH
-namespace dispatch
-{
-
-
-// A MultiLinestring is a MultiCurve
-// A MultiCurve is simple if all of its elements are simple and the
-// only intersections between any two elements occur at Points that
-// are on the boundaries of both elements.
-//
-// Reference: OGC 06-103r4 (§6.1.8.1; Fig. 9)
-template <typename MultiLinestring>
-struct is_valid<MultiLinestring, multi_linestring_tag>
-{
-    static inline bool apply(MultiLinestring const& multilinestring)
-    {
-        return detail::check_iterator_range
-            <
-                dispatch::is_valid
-                    <
-                        typename boost::range_value<MultiLinestring>::type
-                    >
-            >::apply(boost::begin(multilinestring),
-                     boost::end(multilinestring));
-    }
-};
-
-
-} // namespace dispatch
-#endif // DOXYGEN_NO_DISPATCH
-
-
-}} // namespace boost::geometry
-
-
-#endif // BOOST_GEOMETRY_ALGORITHMS_DETAIL_IS_VALID_MULTI_LINESTRING_HPP