diff --git a/_apps/amr-exp-parabolic.md b/_apps/amr-exp-parabolic.md
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-file : /proxy-desc/amr-exp-parabolic.json
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diff --git a/_apps/cns-nospec.md b/_apps/cns-nospec.md
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diff --git a/_apps/smc.md b/_apps/smc.md
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diff --git a/proxy-desc/amr-exp-parabolic.json b/proxy-desc/amr-exp-parabolic.json
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-  { 
-    "name" : "AMR_Exp_Parabolic",
-    "spackname" : "amr-exp-parabolic",
-    "weburl" : "https://ccse.lbl.gov/ExaCT/index.html",
-    "giturl" : "",
-    "tarballurl" : "https://ccse.lbl.gov/ExaCT/AMR_Exp_Parabolic.tgz",
-    "version"  : "",
-    "language" : "Fortran",
-    "intent" : "",
-    "science" : "",
-    "shortdesc" : "A simplified block-structured adaptive mesh refinement algorithm in two and three dimensions with subcycling in time.",
-    "longdesc" : "A simplified block-structured adaptive mesh refinement algorithm in two and three dimensions with subcycling in time. The algorithm solves a linear advection diffusion equation with a simple numerical method. This proxy app is intended to capture the communication pattern of an explicit AMR algorithm but does not represent an accurate characterization of floating point effort or relative costs of communication to computation."
-  }
-]
diff --git a/proxy-desc/cns-nospec.json b/proxy-desc/cns-nospec.json
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-  { 
-    "name" : "Exp_CNS_NoSpec",
-    "spackname" : "cns-nospec",
-    "weburl" : "https://ccse.lbl.gov/ExaCT/index.html",
-    "giturl" : "",
-    "tarballurl" : "https://ccse.lbl.gov/ExaCT/CNS_Nospec.tgz",
-    "version"  : "0.9",
-    "language" : "Fortran",
-    "intent" : "",
-    "science" : "",
-    "shortdesc" : "A simple, explicit, stencil-based test code for integrating the the compressible Navier-Stokes equations.",
-    "longdesc" : "A simple, explicit, stencil-based test code for integrating the the compressible Navier-Stokes equations. The code uses 8th order finite differences in space and a 3rd order, low-storage TVD RK algorithm in time."
-  }
-]
diff --git a/proxy-desc/smc.json b/proxy-desc/smc.json
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-  { 
-    "name" : "SMC",
-    "spackname" : "smc",
-    "weburl" : "https://ccse.lbl.gov/ExaCT/index.html",
-    "giturl" : "",
-    "tarballurl" : "https://ccse.lbl.gov/ExaCT/SMC.tar.gz",
-    "version"  : "",
-    "language" : "Fortran",
-    "intent" : "",
-    "science" : "",
-    "shortdesc" : "A minimalist high-order finite difference algorithm for combustion problems.",
-    "longdesc" : "A minimalist high-order finite difference algorithm for combustion problems. It includes core discretizations for advection, diffusive transport and chemical kinetics. The models for computing diffusive transport coefficients have been replaced by a simplified approximation but the full structure of the discretization of the diffusive terms have been preserved."
-  }
-]