diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 493bb9d0..4995e781 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -29,21 +29,21 @@ jobs:
         # env:
         #   # support for lionux aarch64 - see here: https://github.com/apache/opendal/issues/3673
         #   CFLAGS_aarch64_unknown_linux_gnu: "-D__ARM_ARCH=8"
-        with:
-          before-script-linux: |
-            # Check for yum and use it if available, otherwise use apt-get
-            if command -v yum &> /dev/null; then
-              echo "Detected yum package manager"
-              yum -y install openssl-devel perl-IPC-Cmd perl-core # <--- new package added
-            elif command -v apt-get &> /dev/null; then
-              echo "Detected apt-get package manager"
-              apt-get update
-              echo "Installing libssl-dev pkg-config openssl musl-dev"
-              apt-get install -y libssl-dev pkg-config openssl musl-dev perl # <--- new package added
-            else
-              echo "No supported package manager found (yum or apt-get)"
-              exit 1
-            fi
+        # with:
+        #   before-script-linux: |
+        #     # Check for yum and use it if available, otherwise use apt-get
+        #     if command -v yum &> /dev/null; then
+        #       echo "Detected yum package manager"
+        #       yum -y install openssl-devel perl-IPC-Cmd perl-core # <--- new package added
+        #     elif command -v apt-get &> /dev/null; then
+        #       echo "Detected apt-get package manager"
+        #       apt-get update
+        #       echo "Installing libssl-dev pkg-config openssl musl-dev"
+        #       apt-get install -y libssl-dev pkg-config openssl musl-dev perl # <--- new package added
+        #     else
+        #       echo "No supported package manager found (yum or apt-get)"
+        #       exit 1
+        #     fi
           working-directory: ./bindings
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
           args: --release --out dist --find-interpreter
diff --git a/genimtools/src/bbclient/mod.rs b/genimtools/src/bbclient/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 84b03c23..00000000
--- a/genimtools/src/bbclient/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-
-use anyhow::Result;
-use reqwest::blocking::Client;
-
-mod consts {
-    pub const CACHE_FOLDER: &str = ".bbcache";
-    pub const BEDFILE_CACHE_SUBFOLDER: &str = "bedfiles";
-    // pub const BEDSET_CACHE_SUBFOLDER: &str = "bedsets";
-}
-
-pub struct Bbclient {
-    bedbase_api: String,
-}
-
-impl Bbclient {
-    pub fn new(bedbase_api: &str) -> Self {
-        Bbclient {
-            bedbase_api: bedbase_api.to_string(),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn get_bedbase_api(&self) -> &str {
-        &self.bedbase_api
-    }
-
-    fn get_bed_file_download_link(&self, id: &str) -> Result<String> {
-        Ok(format!(
-            "{}/v1/objects/bed.{}.bed_file/access/http/bytes",
-            self.bedbase_api, id
-        ))
-    }
-
-    fn get_cache_path_for_bed_file(&self, id: &str) -> Result<PathBuf> {
-        let cache_folder = dirs::home_dir().unwrap().join(consts::CACHE_FOLDER);
-        let bedfile_cache_folder = cache_folder.join(consts::BEDFILE_CACHE_SUBFOLDER);
-        let bedfile_cache_path = bedfile_cache_folder.join(format!("{}.bed", id));
-
-        Ok(bedfile_cache_path)
-    }
-}
-
-impl Default for Bbclient {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Bbclient {
-            bedbase_api: "https://api.bedbase.org/v1".to_string(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-pub trait BedbaseFileCache {
-    ///
-    /// Get the path to a bed file from the cache or download it if it does not exist.
-    ///
-    /// # Arguments
-    /// - `id` - the id of the file to download
-    fn get_bed_file(&self, id: &str) -> Result<PathBuf>;
-}
-
-impl BedbaseFileCache for Bbclient {
-    fn get_bed_file(&self, id: &str) -> Result<PathBuf> {
-        let cache_path = self.get_cache_path_for_bed_file(id)?;
-
-        // path exists?
-        if cache_path.exists() {
-            // read file
-            Ok(cache_path)
-        } else {
-            // download file
-            let download_link = self.get_bed_file_download_link(id)?;
-            let client = Client::new();
-            let response = client.get(download_link).send()?;
-            let content = response.bytes()?;
-
-            // write file
-            std::fs::create_dir_all(cache_path.parent().unwrap())?;
-            std::fs::write(&cache_path, content)?;
-
-            Ok(cache_path)
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/genimtools/src/lib.rs b/genimtools/src/lib.rs
index 6c999956..7c249dd8 100644
--- a/genimtools/src/lib.rs
+++ b/genimtools/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 //! However, it can be used as a standalone library for working with genomic intervals as well.
 //!
 pub mod ailist;
-pub mod bbclient;
 pub mod common;
 pub mod io;
 pub mod tokenizers;
diff --git a/genimtools/src/tokenizers/tree_tokenizer.rs b/genimtools/src/tokenizers/tree_tokenizer.rs
index ff6fe444..f88db145 100644
--- a/genimtools/src/tokenizers/tree_tokenizer.rs
+++ b/genimtools/src/tokenizers/tree_tokenizer.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use rust_lapper::{Interval, Lapper};
 
-use crate::bbclient::{Bbclient, BedbaseFileCache};
 use crate::common::consts::special_tokens::*;
 use crate::common::models::{Region, RegionSet, TokenizedRegionSet, Universe};
 use crate::common::utils::extract_regions_from_bed_file;
@@ -275,13 +274,6 @@ impl TreeTokenizer {
 
         Ok(self.tokenize_region_set(&rs))
     }
-
-    pub fn from_bedbase(id: &str) -> Result<Self> {
-        let bedbase = Bbclient::default();
-        let bed_file = bedbase.get_bed_file(id)?;
-
-        TreeTokenizer::try_from(bed_file.as_path())
-    }
 }
 
 // use default implementation