diff --git a/modelscan/utils.py b/modelscan/utils.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 702e857..0000000
--- a/modelscan/utils.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-import requests
-import logging
-from typing import Union
-
-logger = logging.getLogger("modelscan")
-
-
-def fetch_url(url: str, allow_redirect: bool = False) -> Union[None, bytes]:
-    try:
-        response = requests.get(url, allow_redirects=allow_redirect, timeout=10)
-        response.raise_for_status()
-        return response.content
-    except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
-        logger.error("Error with request: %s", e.response.status_code)
-        logger.error(e.response.text)
-        return None
-    except requests.exceptions.JSONDecodeError as e:
-        logger.error("Response was not valid JSON")
-        return None
-    except requests.exceptions.Timeout as e:
-        logger.error("Request timed out")
-        return None
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.error("Unexpected error during request to %s: %s", url, str(e))
-        return None