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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def remove_file(path, conn=None):
    '''
    Remove a single file from the file system
    '''
    if conn is None:
        conn = init()

    log.debug('Removing package file %s', path)
    os.remove(path)