diff --git a/techrec/forge.py b/techrec/forge.py
index e027739..bbc531d 100644
--- a/techrec/forge.py
+++ b/techrec/forge.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import asyncio
+from aiofiles.os import os as async_os
 import logging
 import tempfile
 import os
@@ -13,26 +14,6 @@ from techrec.http_retriever import download
 logger = logging.getLogger("forge")
 Validator = Callable[[datetime, datetime, str], bool]
 
-
-async def get_timefile_exact(time) -> str:
-    """
-    time is of type `datetime`; it is not "rounded" to match the real file;
-    that work is done in get_timefile(time)
-    """
-    repo = get_config()["AUDIO_INPUT"]
-    path = os.path.join(
-        repo, time.strftime(get_config()["AUDIO_INPUT_FORMAT"])
-    )
-    if path.startswith("http://") or path.startswith("https://"):
-        logger.info(f"downloading: {path}")
-        local = await download(
-            path,
-            basic_auth=get_config()['AUDIO_INPUT_BASICAUTH'],
-        )
-        return local
-    return path
-
-
 def round_timefile(exact: datetime) -> datetime:
     """
     This will round the datetime, so to match the file organization structure
@@ -134,10 +115,6 @@ class DirBackend(InputBackend):
 
 class HttpBackend(InputBackend):
     async def get_file(uri: str) -> str:
-        """
-        time is not "rounded" to match the real file;
-        that work is done in get_timefile(time)
-        """
         self.log.info(f"downloading: {uri}")
         local = await download(
             uri,