diff --git a/scripts/prune-extra-keep-files.sh b/scripts/prune-extra-keep-files.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+for EXERCISE_DIRECTORY in $(find exercises -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -type d -name "src"); do
+  STARTER_DIRECTORY="${EXERCISE_DIRECTORY}/main/java"
+  STARTER_FILE_COUNT=$(find "${STARTER_DIRECTORY}" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*.java" | wc -l)
+  KEEP_FILE_LOCATION="${STARTER_DIRECTORY}/.keep"
+
+  if (( ${STARTER_FILE_COUNT} > 0 )) && [[ -f "${KEEP_FILE_LOCATION}" ]]; then
+    echo "Removing unnecessary keep file ${KEEP_FILE_LOCATION}..."
+    rm "${KEEP_FILE_LOCATION}"
+  fi
+done