diff --git a/src/qiboml/models/#encoding_decoding.py# b/src/qiboml/models/#encoding_decoding.py#
deleted file mode 100644
index 21e05b4..0000000
--- a/src/qiboml/models/#encoding_decoding.py#
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-"""Some standard encoding and decoding layers"""
-
-from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import Union
-
-import numpy as np
-from qibo import Circuit, gates
-from qibo.config import raise_error
-from qibo.hamiltonians import Hamiltonian
-
-from qiboml import ndarray
-from qiboml.models.abstract import QuantumCircuitLayer
-
-
-@dataclass
-class QuantumEncodingLayer(QuantumCircuitLayer):
-    pass
-
-
-@dataclass
-class BinaryEncodingLayer(QuantumEncodingLayer):
-
-    def forward(self, x: ndarray) -> Circuit:
-        if x.shape[-1] != len(self.qubits):
-            raise_error(
-                RuntimeError,
-                f"Invalid input dimension {x.shape[-1]}, but the allocated qubits are {self.qubits}.",
-            )
-        circuit = self.circuit.copy()
-        ones = np.flatnonzero(x.ravel() == 1)
-        for bit in ones:
-            circuit.add(gates.X(self.qubits[bit]))
-        return circuit
-
-
-@dataclass
-class PhaseEncodingLayer(QuantumEncodingLayer):
-
-    def __post_init__(self):
-        super().__post_init__()
-        for q in self.qubits:
-            self.circuit.add(gates.RZ(q, theta=0.0))
-
-    def forward(self, x: ndarray) -> Circuit:
-        self.parameters = x
-        return self.circuit
-
-
-@dataclass
-class QuantumDecodingLayer(QuantumCircuitLayer):
-
-    nshots: int = 1000
-
-    def __post_init__(self):
-        super().__post_init__()
-        self.circuit.add(gates.M(*self.qubits))
-
-    def forward(self, x: Circuit) -> "CircuitResult":
-        return self.backend.execute_circuit(x + self.circuit, nshots=self.nshots)
-
-
-class ProbabilitiesLayer(QuantumDecodingLayer):
-
-    def __post_init__(self):
-        super().__post_init__()
-
-    def forward(self, x: Circuit) -> ndarray:
-        return super().forward(x).probabilities(self.qubits).reshape(1, -1)
-
-    @property
-    def output_shape(self):
-        return (1, 2 ** len(self.qubits))
-
-
-class SamplesLayer(QuantumDecodingLayer):
-
-    def forward(self, x: Circuit) -> ndarray:
-        return self.backend.cast(super().forward(x).samples(), dtype=np.float64)
-
-    @property
-    def output_shape(self):
-        return (self.nshots, len(self.qubits))
-
-
-class StateLayer(QuantumDecodingLayer):
-
-    def forward(self, x: Circuit) -> ndarray:
-        state = super().forward(x).state()
-        return self.backend.np.vstack(
-            (self.backend.np.real(state), self.backend.np.imag(state))
-        )
-
-    @property
-    def output_shape(self):
-        return (2, 2**self.nqubits)
-
-
-@dataclass
-class ExpectationLayer(QuantumDecodingLayer):
-
-    observable: Union[ndarray, Hamiltonian] = None
-    analytic: bool = False
-
-    def __post_init__(self):
-        if self.observable is None:
-            raise_error(
-                RuntimeError,
-                "Please provide an observable for expectation value calculation.",
-            )
-        super().__post_init__()
-
-    def forward(self, x: Circuit) -> ndarray:
-        if self.analytic:
-            return self.observable.expectation(
-                super().forward(x).state(),
-            ).reshape(1, 1)
-        else:
-            return self.backend.cast(
-                self.observable.expectation_from_samples(
-                    super().forward(x).frequencies(),
-                    qubit_map=self.qubits,
-                ).reshape(1, 1),
-                dtype=np.float64,
-            )
-
-    @property
-    def output_shape(self):
-        return (1, 1)
diff --git a/src/qiboml/models/.#encoding_decoding.py b/src/qiboml/models/.#encoding_decoding.py
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index f540041..0000000
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-andrea@ubuntu-desktop.33455:1724831851
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/qiboml/models/encoding_decoding.py b/src/qiboml/models/encoding_decoding.py
index cb29088..21e05b4 100644
--- a/src/qiboml/models/encoding_decoding.py
+++ b/src/qiboml/models/encoding_decoding.py
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ def __post_init__(self):
             self.circuit.add(gates.RZ(q, theta=0.0))
 
     def forward(self, x: ndarray) -> Circuit:
-        # self.circuit.set_parameters(self.backend.cast(x.ravel()))
         self.parameters = x
         return self.circuit