diff --git a/hippunfold/download_models.py b/hippunfold/download_models.py
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--- a/hippunfold/download_models.py
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@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import argparse
-import errno
-import os
-
-import requests
-import yaml
-from appdirs import AppDirs
-
-
-def get_model_dict():
-    # get list of model urls
-    model_cfg = os.path.join(
-        os.path.dirname(__file__), "config", "nnunet_model_urls.yml"
-    )
-    with open(model_cfg, "r") as cfg:
-        model_dict = yaml.load(cfg, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
-    return model_dict
-
-
-def parse_args(model_dict):
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-        prog="hippunfold_download_models",
-        description="Tool for downloading U-net models for hippunfold",
-    )
-
-    parser.add_argument("--models", nargs="+", dest="models", choices=model_dict.keys())
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-    return args
-
-
-def main():
-
-    # get the model dict first, so we know what to parse
-    model_dict = get_model_dict()
-    inputs = parse_args(model_dict)
-
-    if "HIPPUNFOLD_CACHE_DIR" in os.environ.keys():
-        print(
-            f"HIPPUNFOLD_CACHE_DIR defined, using: {os.environ['HIPPUNFOLD_CACHE_DIR']}"
-        )
-        download_dir = os.environ["HIPPUNFOLD_CACHE_DIR"]
-    else:
-        print(f"HIPPUNFOLD_CACHE_DIR not defined, using default location")
-        # create local download dir if it doesn't exist
-        dirs = AppDirs("hippunfold", "khanlab")
-        download_dir = dirs.user_cache_dir
-
-    try:
-        os.mkdir(download_dir)
-    except OSError as exc:
-        if exc.errno != errno.EEXIST:
-            raise
-        pass
-
-    if inputs.models == None:
-        models = model_dict.keys()
-    else:
-        models = inputs.models
-
-    for modality in models:
-        url = model_dict[modality]
-        tarfile = url.split("/")[-1]
-        local_path = os.path.join(download_dir, tarfile)
-
-        # add ?dl=1 to url
-        url = "".join([url, "?dl=1"])
-
-        # if it doesn't exist, download the file
-        if not os.path.exists(local_path):
-            # download it:
-            print(f"Downloading {modality} model...")
-            print(f"   url = {url}")
-            print(f"   dest = {local_path}")
-            r = requests.get(url, allow_redirects=True, stream=True)
-            with open(local_path, "wb") as f:
-                f.write(r.content)
-            print("   Download complete")
-        else:
-            print(f"Skipping {modality} model: already downloaded to {local_path}")
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()