diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4e9d681ce053632e9ea3eae072eeacff5005dae9..86cce78e96ffa83682ea8984fdd000ad0642b8b5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ include:
   - local: 'benchmarks/barrel_hcal/config.yml'
   - local: 'benchmarks/zdc/config.yml'
   - local: 'benchmarks/zdc_lyso/config.yml'
-  - local: 'benchmarks/material_maps/config.yml'
   - local: 'benchmarks/material_scan/config.yml'
   - local: 'benchmarks/pid/config.yml'
   - local: 'benchmarks/timing/config.yml'
diff --git a/benchmarks/material_maps/config.yml b/benchmarks/material_maps/config.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index dcfb04fe0f4d22f9b67010cd9c94a6511d5c836a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/benchmarks/material_maps/config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-material_maps:
-  extends: .det_benchmark
-  stage: simulate
-  script:
-    - ActsExampleGeometryDD4hep -j 1 -n 1 --dd4hep-input ${DETECTOR_PATH}/${DETECTOR_CONFIG}.xml --output-json --output-root --mat-output-file geometry-map --mat-output-allmaterial true --mat-output-sensitives false
-    - test -f geometry-map.json
-    - python3 benchmarks/material_maps/scripts/writeMapConfig.py geometry-map.json config-map.json
-    - test -f config-map.json
-    - python3 benchmarks/material_maps/scripts/configureMap.py geometry-map.json config-map.json
-    - test -f config-map.json
-    - ActsExampleMaterialRecordingDD4hep -j 1 -n ${JUGGLER_N_EVENTS} --dd4hep-input ${DETECTOR_PATH}/${DETECTOR_CONFIG}.xml --output-root 
-    - test -f geant4_material_tracks.root
-    - root -l -b -q -e "TChain T(\"material-tracks\"); T.Add(\"geant4_material_tracks.root\"); cout << T.GetEntries() << \" entries\" << endl; gApplication->Terminate(T.GetEntries()-${JUGGLER_N_EVENTS});"
-    - ActsExampleMaterialMappingDD4hep -j 1 -n ${JUGGLER_N_EVENTS} --dd4hep-input ${DETECTOR_PATH}/${DETECTOR_CONFIG}.xml --input-root true --input-files geant4_material_tracks.root --mat-input-type file --mat-input-file geometry-map.json --output-root --output-json --output-cbor --mat-output-file material-maps --mat-mapping-surfaces true --mat-mapping-read-surfaces false --mat-mapping-volumes true --mat-mapping-volume-stepsize 1
-    - test -f material-maps.json
-    - ActsExampleMaterialValidationDD4hep -j 1 -n ${JUGGLER_N_EVENTS} --dd4hep-input ${DETECTOR_PATH}/${DETECTOR_CONFIG}.xml --mat-input-type file --mat-input-file material-maps.json --output-root --mat-output-file val-mat-map --prop-z0-sigma 0.0 --prop-d0-sigma 0.0
-    - ls -al
-    - mkdir -p results/material_maps
-    - cp *.root *.json *.cbor results/material_maps/
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - results/material_maps
-  allow_failure: true
diff --git a/benchmarks/material_maps/scripts/configureMap.py b/benchmarks/material_maps/scripts/configureMap.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ebf729d8a2bc63854f72b60b1752898f780ddcf..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/benchmarks/material_maps/scripts/configureMap.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-# This file is part of the Acts project.
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2020-2021 CERN for the benefit of the Acts project
-#
-# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
-# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
-# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
-
-import json
-import sys
-
-# Should be run with Python 3 if possible
-# Script that use the json config file to configure the Json surfaces map for the material mapping
-# Take two arguments in input : The path to the surfaces map and the path of the json config file
-# By default the input is : 'surfaces-map.json' and the output is : 'config-map.json'
-# The config file can be used to define a binning for all the surfaces in a given volume
-# It can also be used to define the binning for volume mapping
-
-if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
-    print('Using Python 2')
-    print('To obtain the proper ordering in the Json files Python 3 is recomanded')
-
-if len(sys.argv) < 2 :
-    inFileName = 'geometry-maps.json'
-    confFileName = 'config-map.json'
-    
-if len(sys.argv) < 3 :
-    confFileName = 'config-map.json'
-    
-else :
-    inFileName = sys.argv[1]
-    confFileName = sys.argv[2]
-
-    
-with open(inFileName,'r+') as json_file:
-    with open(confFileName,'r') as config_file:
-
-        config = json.load(config_file)
-        data = json.load(json_file)
-
-        for entry in data['Surfaces']['entries']:
-
-            if 'type' not in entry['value']['bounds']:
-                entry['value']['bounds']['type'] = ''
-
-            if 'layer' in entry:  
-                if 'approach' not in entry:
-                    if 'sensitive' not in entry:
-                        for conf in config['Surfaces'][str(entry['volume'])]:
-                            if 'layer' in conf and conf['layer'] == 'X' and conf['value']['bounds']['type'] == entry['value']['bounds']['type']:
-                                entry['value']['material']['mapMaterial'] = conf['value']['material']['mapMaterial']
-                                entry['value']['material']['mappingType'] = conf['value']['material']['mappingType']
-                                ibin = 0
-                                for bin in entry['value']['material']['binUtility']['binningdata']:                                  
-                                    bin['bins'] = conf['value']['material']['binUtility']['binningdata'][ibin]['bins']
-                                    ibin = ibin+1
-                                continue
-                        continue
-
-            if 'boundary' in entry:    
-                if 'layer' not in entry:
-                    for conf in config['Surfaces'][str(entry['volume'])]:
-                        if 'boundary' in conf and conf['boundary'] == entry['boundary'] and conf['value']['bounds']['type'] == entry['value']['bounds']['type']:
-                            entry['value']['material']['mapMaterial'] = conf['value']['material']['mapMaterial']
-                            entry['value']['material']['mappingType'] = conf['value']['material']['mappingType']
-                            ibin = 0
-                            for bin in entry['value']['material']['binUtility']['binningdata']:
-                                bin['bins'] = conf['value']['material']['binUtility']['binningdata'][ibin]['bins']
-                                ibin = ibin+1
-                            continue
-                    continue
-                 
-            if 'approach' in entry:
-                if 'sensitive' not in entry:
-                    for conf in config['Surfaces'][str(entry['volume'])]:
-                        if 'approach' in conf and conf['approach'] == entry['approach'] and conf['value']['bounds']['type'] == entry['value']['bounds']['type']:
-                            entry['value']['material']['mapMaterial'] = conf['value']['material']['mapMaterial']
-                            entry['value']['material']['mappingType'] = conf['value']['material']['mappingType']
-                            ibin = 0
-                            for bin in entry['value']['material']['binUtility']['binningdata']:
-                                bin['bins'] = conf['value']['material']['binUtility']['binningdata'][ibin]['bins']
-                                ibin = ibin+1
-                            continue
-                    continue
-                 
-            if 'sensitive' in entry:  
-                if 'approach' not in entry:
-                    for conf in config['Surfaces'][str(entry['volume'])]:
-                        if 'sensitive' in conf and conf['sensitive'] == 'X' and conf['layer'] == entry['layer'] and conf['value']['bounds']['type'] == entry['value']['bounds']['type']:
-                            entry['value']['material']['mapMaterial'] = conf['value']['material']['mapMaterial']
-                            entry['value']['material']['mappingType'] = conf['value']['material']['mappingType']
-                            ibin = 0
-                            for bin in entry['value']['material']['binUtility']['binningdata']:
-                                bin['bins'] = conf['value']['material']['binUtility']['binningdata'][ibin]['bins']
-                                ibin = ibin+1
-                            continue
-                    continue  
-        data['Volumes'] = config['Volumes']        
-    json_file.seek(0) 
-    json.dump(data, json_file, indent=4)
-    json_file.truncate()
diff --git a/benchmarks/material_maps/scripts/writeMapConfig.py b/benchmarks/material_maps/scripts/writeMapConfig.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c32a22dc5685cbd242d6b1231beae6cf9fe475e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/benchmarks/material_maps/scripts/writeMapConfig.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-# This file is part of the Acts project.
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2020-2021 CERN for the benefit of the Acts project
-#
-# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
-# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
-# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
-
-import json
-import sys
-
-# Should be run with Python 3 if possible
-# Script that parse a Json surfaces map to create an easy to use json config file for the mapping
-# Take two arguments in input : The path to the surfaces map and the path of the json config file
-# By default the input is : 'surfaces-map.json' and the output is : 'config-map.json'
-# The config file can be used to define a binning for all the surfaces in a given volume
-# It can also be used to define the binning for volume mapping
-
-def getSurfaceMateral(mat):
-    outputmat = {}
-    value = {}
-    material = {}
-    bound = {}
-    outputmat['volume'] = mat['volume']
-    if 'boundary' in mat:
-        outputmat['boundary'] = mat['boundary']
-    if 'layer' in mat:
-        if 'approach' not in entry:
-            if 'sensitive' not in entry:        
-                outputmat['layer'] = 'X'
-    if 'approach' in mat:
-        outputmat['approach'] = mat['approach']
-    if 'sensitive' in mat:
-        outputmat['layer'] = mat['layer']
-        outputmat['sensitive'] = 'X'
-    material['binUtility'] = mat['value']['material']['binUtility']
-    material['mapMaterial'] = False
-    material['mappingType'] = mat['value']['material']['type']
-    bound['type'] = mat['value']['bounds']['type']
-    value['material'] = material
-    value['bounds'] = bound
-    outputmat['value'] = value
-    return outputmat
-
-if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
-    print('Using Python 2')
-    print('To obtain the proper ordering in the Json files Python 3 is recomanded')
-
-if len(sys.argv) < 2 :
-    inFileName = 'geometry-maps.json'
-else :
-    inFileName = sys.argv[1]
-
-    
-with open(inFileName,'r') as json_file:
-    config = {}
-    config['Surfaces'] = {}
-    data = json.load(json_file)
-    lastVol = -1
-    for entry in data['Surfaces']['entries']:
-        if lastVol != entry['volume']:
-            if lastVol != -1:
-                config['Surfaces'][lastVol] = vconfig
-            vconfig = []
-            lastVol = entry['volume']
-            typeLayer = []
-            createdApproach1 = False
-            createdApproach2 = False
-            typeSensitive = {}
-
-        if 'type' not in entry['value']['bounds']:
-            entry['value']['bounds']['type'] = ''
-
-        if 'layer' in entry:  
-            if 'approach' not in entry:
-                if 'sensitive' not in entry:
-                    if entry['value']['bounds']['type'] not in typeLayer:
-                        typeLayer.append(entry['value']['bounds']['type'])
-                        surface = getSurfaceMateral(entry)
-                        vconfig.append(surface)
-                        continue
-
-        if 'boundary' in entry:    
-            if 'layer' not in entry:
-                surface = getSurfaceMateral(entry)
-                vconfig.append(surface)
-                continue         
-
-        if 'approach' in entry:
-            if 'sensitive' not in entry:
-                if entry['approach'] == 1 and createdApproach1 == False:
-                    createdApproach1 = True
-                    surface = getSurfaceMateral(entry)
-                    vconfig.append(surface)
-                    continue
-                if entry['approach'] == 2 and createdApproach2 == False:
-                    createdApproach2 = True
-                    surface = getSurfaceMateral(entry)
-                    vconfig.append(surface)
-                    continue
-
-        if 'sensitive' in entry:  
-            if 'approach' not in entry:
-                if entry['value']['material']['binUtility']['binningdata'] != None: 
-                    if not entry['layer'] in typeSensitive:
-                        typeSensitive[entry['layer']]=[]
-                    if entry['value']['bounds']['type'] not in typeSensitive[entry['layer']]:
-                        typeSensitive[entry['layer']].append(entry['value']['bounds']['type'])
-                        surface = getSurfaceMateral(entry)
-                        vconfig.append(surface)
-                        continue
-
-    if lastVol != -1:
-        config['Surfaces'][lastVol] = vconfig
-    config['Volumes'] = data['Volumes']
-
-if len(sys.argv) < 3 :
-    outFileName = 'config-map.json'
-else :
-    outFileName = sys.argv[2]
-    
-with open(outFileName, 'w') as outfile:
-    json.dump(config, outfile, indent=4)