diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index facd023f04443fdbc455da67f2af72eb0ac7c14b..8739991aa956e4cc3afa34ed908f1d4ab504a394 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -62,14 +62,6 @@ common:setup:
   script:
     - git clone -b ${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME} https://eicweb.phy.anl.gov/EIC/benchmarks/common_bench.git setup 
     - source setup/bin/env.sh && ./setup/bin/install_common.sh
-
-common:detector:
-  stage: initialize
-  needs: ["common:setup"]
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_SERVER_HOST == "eicweb.phy.anl.gov"' 
-  script:
-    - source .local/bin/env.sh && build_detector.sh
     - bin/mkdir_local_data_link sim_output 
     - print_env.sh
     - ls -lrth
diff --git a/bin/build_detector.sh b/bin/build_detector.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f97fd7a2782abe3d59b5043287cd3d91444e67f7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bin/build_detector.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-## =============================================================================
-## Build and install the DETECTOR detector package into our local prefix
-## =============================================================================
-
-## =============================================================================
-## Load the environment variables. To build the detector we need the following
-## variables:
-##
-## - DETECTOR: the detector package we want to use for this benchmark
-## - LOCAL_PREFIX:     location where local packages should be installed
-## - LOCAL_DATA_PATH:  local storage for pipeline jobs
-## - DETECTOR_PREFIX:  prefix for the detector definition repositories
-## - DETECTOR_PATH:    full path for the detector definitions
-##                     this is the same as ${LOCAL_PREFIX}/share/${DETECTOR}
-
-if [ -n "${LOCAL_PREFIX}" ] ; then 
-  source .local/bin/env.sh
-else
-  source ${LOCAL_PREFIX}/bin/env.sh
-fi
-./${LOCAL_PREFIX}/bin/print_env.sh
-
-
-# this is like git clone, but allows to fetch any reference, including by git commit SHA
-function fetchgit() {
-  local path=$1
-  local ref=$2
-  local uri=$3
-  mkdir ${path}
-  git -C "${path}" init
-  git -C "${path}" remote add origin "${uri}"
-  git -C "${path}" fetch origin "${ref}"
-  git -C "${path}" checkout "${ref}"
-}
-
-
-## =============================================================================
-## Step 1: download/update the detector definitions (if needed)
-pushd ${DETECTOR_PREFIX}
-
-## We need an up-to-date copy of the detector
-## start clean to avoid issues...
-
-if [ -d "${DETECTOR}" ]; then
-  echo "cleaning up ${DETECTOR}" 
-  mv "${DETECTOR}" "$(mktemp)-${DETECTOR}"
-fi
-
-echo "Fetching ${DETECTOR}"
-
-#if [ "${DETECTOR}" == "epic" ] ; then 
-if [ -n "${DETECTOR_DEPLOY_TOKEN_USERNAME:-}" -a -n "${DETECTOR_DEPLOY_TOKEN_PASSWORD:-}" ]; then
-  DEPLOY_TOKEN="${DETECTOR_DEPLOY_TOKEN_USERNAME}:${DETECTOR_DEPLOY_TOKEN_PASSWORD}@"
-  echo "Deploy token for ${DETECTOR_DEPLOY_TOKEN_USERNAME} is masked in the next line."
-else
-  DEPLOY_TOKEN=""
-fi
-
-echo "fetchgit ${DETECTOR} ${DETECTOR_VERSION} ${DETECTOR_REPOSITORYURL:-https://eicweb.phy.anl.gov/EIC/detectors/${DETECTOR}.git}"
-fetchgit ${DETECTOR} ${DETECTOR_VERSION} ${DETECTOR_REPOSITORYURL:-https://${DEPLOY_TOKEN}eicweb.phy.anl.gov/EIC/detectors/${DETECTOR}.git}
-if [ -f "${DETECTOR}/requirements.txt" ] ; then
-  python -m pip install -r ${DETECTOR}/requirements.txt
-fi
-
-rm -rf "${DETECTOR}/.git"
-popd
-
-if [ "${BEAMLINE}" ]; then 
-  pushd ${DETECTOR_PREFIX}
-  ## We need an up-to-date copy of the detector
-  ## start clean to avoid issues...
-  if [ -d "${BEAMLINE}" ]; then
-    echo "cleaning up ${BEAMLINE}" 
-    mv "${BEAMLINE}" "$(mktemp)-${BEAMLINE}"
-  fi
-
-  echo "Fetching ${BEAMLINE}"
-
-  if [ -n "${BEAMLINE_DEPLOY_TOKEN_USERNAME:-}" -a -n "${BEAMLINE_DEPLOY_TOKEN_PASSWORD:-}" ]; then
-    DEPLOY_TOKEN="${BEAMLINE_DEPLOY_TOKEN_USERNAME}:${BEAMLINE_DEPLOY_TOKEN_PASSWORD}@"
-    echo "Deploy token for ${BEAMLINE_DEPLOY_TOKEN_USERNAME} is masked in the next line."
-  else
-    DEPLOY_TOKEN=""
-  fi
-  echo "fetchgit ${BEAMLINE} ${BEAMLINE_VERSION} ${BEAMLINE_REPOSITORYURL:-https://eicweb.phy.anl.gov/EIC/detectors/${BEAMLINE}.git}"
-  fetchgit ${BEAMLINE} ${BEAMLINE_VERSION} ${BEAMLINE_REPOSITORYURL:-https://${DEPLOY_TOKEN}eicweb.phy.anl.gov/EIC/detectors/${BEAMLINE}.git}
-  [[ "$?" == "0" ]]  ||  exit 1
-  rm -rf "${BEAMLINE}/.git"
-  popd
-
-  #echo "ln -s -f ${BEAMLINE} ${DETECTOR}/${BEAMLINE} " 
-  #ln -s -f ${BEAMLINE} ${DETECTOR}/${BEAMLINE}
-  #[[ "$?" == "0" ]]  ||  exit 1
-
-  mkdir -p ${DETECTOR_PREFIX}/${BEAMLINE}_build
-  pushd ${DETECTOR_PREFIX}/${BEAMLINE}_build
-  cmake ${DETECTOR_PREFIX}/${BEAMLINE} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LOCAL_PREFIX} -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 -DCENTRAL_DETECTOR=${DETECTOR} && make -j$(($(nproc)/4+1)) install || exit 1
-  popd
-  rm -rf ${DETECTOR_PREFIX}/${BEAMLINE}_build
-
-fi
-
-
-## =============================================================================
-## Step 2: Compile and install the detector definition
-echo "Building and installing the ${DETECTOR} package"
-
-mkdir -p ${DETECTOR_PREFIX}/${DETECTOR}_build
-pushd ${DETECTOR_PREFIX}/${DETECTOR}_build
-cmake ${DETECTOR_PREFIX}/${DETECTOR} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LOCAL_PREFIX} -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 && make -j$(($(nproc)/4+1)) install || exit 1
-popd
-rm -rf ${DETECTOR_PREFIX}/${DETECTOR}_build
-
-## =============================================================================
-## Step 3: That's all!
-echo "Detector build/install complete!"