diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 956e7ddfc08701b43031229535276ede0c29d86f..5c314382ec1f7e2b339371ea6bd750c43dcc4452 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ common:detector:
     - ln -s "${LOCAL_DATA_PATH}/sim_output" sim_output
     - ln -s "${LOCAL_DATA_PATH}/datasets/data" data
     - ls -lrtha
-    - bash bin/get_calibrations
   retry:
     max: 2
     when:
diff --git a/benchmarks/clustering/options/full_cal_reco.py b/benchmarks/clustering/options/full_cal_reco.py
index 1f7834536b34fec435f4ad6825c56a7b8af2cb43..fcf9ed628a8f0dffa53625930e51209053700049 100644
--- a/benchmarks/clustering/options/full_cal_reco.py
+++ b/benchmarks/clustering/options/full_cal_reco.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ detector_path = str(os.environ.get("DETECTOR_PATH", "."))
 compact_path = os.path.join(detector_path, detector_name)
 
 # input arguments from calibration file
-with open('config/emcal_barrel_calibration.json') as f:
+with open(f'{detector_path}/calibrations/emcal_barrel_calibration.json') as f:
     calib_data = json.load(f)['electron']
 
 print(calib_data)
diff --git a/benchmarks/ecal/options/barrel.py b/benchmarks/ecal/options/barrel.py
index 88fcea482956bf5dbd20457fbd90807a8e004dbd..f4bfd902d218f08950ca2849051a34ef9f0f7cf9 100644
--- a/benchmarks/ecal/options/barrel.py
+++ b/benchmarks/ecal/options/barrel.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ output_rec = str(os.environ["JUGGLER_REC_FILE"])
 n_events = int(os.environ["JUGGLER_N_EVENTS"])
 
 # input arguments from calibration file
-with open('config/emcal_barrel_calibration.json') as f:
+with open(f'{detector_path}/calibrations/emcal_barrel_calibration.json') as f:
     calib_data = json.load(f)['electron']
 
 cb_ecal_sf = float(calib_data['sampling_fraction_img'])
diff --git a/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/hybrid_cluster.py b/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/hybrid_cluster.py
index 1e6405c8c7e58538a930b5b2fc245e7a4f155d47..1d62058e5ccc678c0a74b35882f8bdbe590cf716 100644
--- a/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/hybrid_cluster.py
+++ b/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/hybrid_cluster.py
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ from Configurables import Jug__Reco__ImagingPixelReco as ImagingPixelReco
 from Configurables import Jug__Reco__ImagingTopoCluster as ImagingTopoCluster
 from Configurables import Jug__Reco__ImagingClusterReco as ImagingClusterReco
 
+detector_path = str(os.environ.get("DETECTOR_PATH", "."))
+
 # input arguments from calibration file
-with open('config/emcal_barrel_calibration.json') as f:
+with open(f'{detector_path}/calibrations/emcal_barrel_calibration.json') as f:
     calib_data = json.load(f)['electron']
 
 #print(calib_data)
diff --git a/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/imaging_2dcluster.py b/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/imaging_2dcluster.py
index 70b66255a05c39414c0d256c26c6c0591c56130a..d7dd39bb3242ff3e931b0289c40360464d9d86ae 100644
--- a/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/imaging_2dcluster.py
+++ b/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/imaging_2dcluster.py
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ from Configurables import Jug__Reco__CalorimeterHitsEtaPhiProjector as CalHitsPr
 from Configurables import Jug__Reco__CalorimeterIslandCluster as IslandCluster
 from Configurables import Jug__Reco__ClusterRecoCoG as RecoCoG
 
+detector_path = str(os.environ.get("DETECTOR_PATH", "."))
+
 # input arguments from calibration file
-with open('config/emcal_barrel_calibration.json') as f:
+with open(f'{detector_path}/calibrations/emcal_barrel_calibration.json') as f:
     calib_data = json.load(f)['electron']
 
 kwargs = dict()
diff --git a/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/imaging_topocluster.py b/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/imaging_topocluster.py
index 414e65d2c83fafb33637b55983c86eca92779587..9117d9b34a8b701d0720a36f3e1409769918fc15 100644
--- a/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/imaging_topocluster.py
+++ b/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/imaging_topocluster.py
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ from Configurables import Jug__Reco__ImagingPixelReco as ImagingPixelReco
 from Configurables import Jug__Reco__ImagingTopoCluster as ImagingTopoCluster
 from Configurables import Jug__Reco__ImagingClusterReco as ImagingClusterReco
 
+detector_path = str(os.environ.get("DETECTOR_PATH", "."))
 
 # input arguments from calibration file
-with open('config/emcal_barrel_calibration.json') as f:
+with open(f'{detector_path}/calibrations/emcal_barrel_calibration.json') as f:
     calib_data = json.load(f)['electron']
 
 kwargs = dict()
diff --git a/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/scfi_cluster.py b/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/scfi_cluster.py
index b7f52ac80ce2e55c92adbd589f47e90cd989c107..f356da04a105e4d92733c35a479b2e6179dc570f 100644
--- a/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/scfi_cluster.py
+++ b/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/scfi_cluster.py
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ from Configurables import Jug__Reco__CalorimeterHitsMerger as CalHitsMerger
 from Configurables import Jug__Reco__CalorimeterIslandCluster as IslandCluster
 from Configurables import Jug__Reco__ClusterRecoCoG as RecoCoG
 
+detector_path = str(os.environ.get("DETECTOR_PATH", "."))
+
 # input arguments from calibration file
-with open('config/emcal_barrel_calibration.json') as f:
+with open(f'{detector_path}/calibrations/emcal_barrel_calibration.json') as f:
     calib_data = json.load(f)['electron']
 
 kwargs = dict()
diff --git a/bin/get_calibrations b/bin/get_calibrations
deleted file mode 100755
index e23d619444ca84fb445a8696586a88e13e61d0c4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bin/get_calibrations
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-branch=${1:-master}
-detector_benchmarks=https://eicweb.phy.anl.gov/EIC/benchmarks/detector_benchmarks/-/jobs/artifacts/${branch}/raw/
-
-mkdir -p config
-for i in results/emcal_barrel_calibration.json results/material-maps.json ; do
-  curl --fail -sL ${detector_benchmarks}/${i}?job=deploy_results --output config/$(basename ${i})
-  if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]] ; then
-    if find ${DETECTOR_PATH} -name $(basename $i) ; then
-      echo "Warning: falling back to DETECTOR_PATH for calibration ${i}."
-      cp $(find ${DETECTOR_PATH} -name $(basename $i)) config/$(basename ${i})
-    else
-      echo "Error: could not retrieve calibrations!"
-      exit 1
-    fi
-  fi
-done