diff --git a/salt/elasticfleet/files/certs/placeholder b/salt/elastalert/files/custom/.gitkeep
similarity index 100%
rename from salt/elasticfleet/files/certs/placeholder
rename to salt/elastalert/files/custom/.gitkeep
diff --git a/salt/elastalert/files/custom/placeholder b/salt/elastalert/files/custom/placeholder
deleted file mode 100644
index 42e4ae4f0..000000000
--- a/salt/elastalert/files/custom/placeholder
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER FILE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/salt/suricata/rules/PLACEHOLDER b/salt/elasticfleet/files/certs/.gitkeep
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rename from salt/suricata/rules/PLACEHOLDER
rename to salt/elasticfleet/files/certs/.gitkeep
diff --git a/salt/suricata/rules/.gitkeep b/salt/suricata/rules/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb