diff --git a/deploy/swig_decoder.py b/deploy/swig_decoder.py
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index fed23c9e..00000000
--- a/deploy/swig_decoder.py
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@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-"""Contains various CTC decoders in SWIG."""
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-from __future__ import division
-from __future__ import print_function
-
-from swig_ctc_beam_search_decoder import ctc_beam_search_decoder as beam_search_decoder
-from swig_ctc_beam_search_decoder import ctc_best_path_decoder as best_path__decoder
-
-
-def ctc_best_path_decoder(probs_seq, vocabulary):
-    best_path__decoder(probs_seq.to_list(), vocabulary)
-
-
-def ctc_beam_search_decoder(
-        probs_seq,
-        beam_size,
-        vocabulary,
-        blank_id,
-        cutoff_prob=1.0,
-        ext_scoring_func=None, ):
-    beam_search_decoder(probs_seq.to_list(), beam_size, vocabulary, blank_id,
-                        cutoff_prob, ext_scoring_func)