diff --git a/scripts/build-step-init-conda-environment.sh b/scripts/build-step-init-conda-environment.sh
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index 2ba4a344..00000000
--- a/scripts/build-step-init-conda-environment.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# This script is intended to be used as a sub-step of build-setup.sh.
-
-# note: lock file must end in .conda-lock.yml - see https://github.com/conda-incubator/conda-lock/issues/154
-set -e
-CONDA_REQS=$CYDIR/conda-reqs
-CONDA_LOCK_REQS=$CONDA_REQS/conda-lock-reqs
-# must match with the file generated by generate-conda-lockfile.sh
-LOCKFILE=$CONDA_LOCK_REQS/conda-requirements-$TOOLCHAIN_TYPE-linux-64.conda-lock.yml
-
-if [ "$USE_UNPINNED_DEPS" = true ]; then
-    # auto-gen the lockfiles
-    $CYDIR/scripts/generate-conda-lockfiles.sh
-fi
-
-# use conda-lock to create env
-conda-lock install --conda $(which conda) -p $CYDIR/.conda-env $LOCKFILE
-
-source $CYDIR/.conda-env/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
-conda activate $CYDIR/.conda-env
diff --git a/scripts/build-step-precompile-chipyard-scala.sh b/scripts/build-step-precompile-chipyard-scala.sh
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index 807b6d8a..00000000
--- a/scripts/build-step-precompile-chipyard-scala.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# This script is intended to be used as a sub-step of build-setup.sh.
-
-set -e
-pushd $CYDIR/sims/verilator
-make launch-sbt SBT_COMMAND=";project chipyard; compile"
-make launch-sbt SBT_COMMAND=";project tapeout; compile"
-popd
-
diff --git a/scripts/build-step-precompile-firesim-scala.sh b/scripts/build-step-precompile-firesim-scala.sh
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index 4c9aeb33..00000000
--- a/scripts/build-step-precompile-firesim-scala.sh
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@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# This script is intended to be used as a sub-step of build-setup.sh.
-pushd $CYDIR/sims/firesim
-(
-    echo $CYDIR
-    source sourceme-manager.sh --skip-ssh-setup
-    pushd sim
-    make sbt SBT_COMMAND="project {file:$CYDIR}firechip; compile" TARGET_PROJECT=firesim
-    popd
-)
-popd