diff --git a/py/services/civarchive_client.py b/py/services/civarchive_client.py
index 03815e1b..2deaa51f 100644
--- a/py/services/civarchive_client.py
+++ b/py/services/civarchive_client.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import os
 import json
 import logging
 import asyncio
@@ -8,22 +7,6 @@ from .model_metadata_provider import CivArchiveModelMetadataProvider, ModelMetad
 from .downloader import get_downloader
 from .errors import RateLimitError
 
-try:
-    from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
-except ImportError as exc:
-    BeautifulSoup = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
-    _BS4_IMPORT_ERROR = exc
-else:
-    _BS4_IMPORT_ERROR = None
-
-def _require_beautifulsoup():
-    if BeautifulSoup is None:
-        raise RuntimeError(
-            "BeautifulSoup (bs4) is required for CivArchive client. "
-            "Install it with 'pip install beautifulsoup4'."
-        ) from _BS4_IMPORT_ERROR
-    return BeautifulSoup
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class CivArchiveClient:
@@ -446,109 +429,3 @@ class CivArchiveClient:
         if version is None:
             return None, "Model not found"
         return version, None
-
-    async def get_model_by_url(self, url) -> Optional[Dict]:
-        """Get specific model version by parsing CivArchive HTML page (legacy method)
-        
-        This is the original HTML scraping implementation, kept for reference and new sites added not in api.
-        The primary get_model_version() now uses the API instead.
-        """
-
-        try:
-            # Construct CivArchive URL
-            url = f"https://civarchive.com/{url}"
-            downloader = await get_downloader()
-            session = await downloader.session
-            async with session.get(url) as response:
-                if response.status != 200:
-                    return None
-                
-                html_content = await response.text()
-                
-            # Parse HTML to extract JSON data
-            soup_parser = _require_beautifulsoup()
-            soup = soup_parser(html_content, 'html.parser')
-            script_tag = soup.find('script', {'id': '__NEXT_DATA__', 'type': 'application/json'})
-            
-            if not script_tag:
-                return None
-                
-            # Parse JSON content
-            json_data = json.loads(script_tag.string)
-            model_data = json_data.get('props', {}).get('pageProps', {}).get('model')
-            
-            if not model_data or 'version' not in model_data:
-                return None
-            
-            # Extract version data as base
-            version = model_data['version'].copy()
-            
-            # Restructure stats
-            if 'downloadCount' in version and 'ratingCount' in version and 'rating' in version:
-                version['stats'] = {
-                    'downloadCount': version.pop('downloadCount'),
-                    'ratingCount': version.pop('ratingCount'),
-                    'rating': version.pop('rating')
-                }
-            
-            # Rename trigger to trainedWords
-            if 'trigger' in version:
-                version['trainedWords'] = version.pop('trigger')
-            
-            # Transform files data to expected format
-            if 'files' in version:
-                transformed_files = []
-                for file_data in version['files']:
-                    # Find first available mirror (deletedAt is null)
-                    available_mirror = None
-                    for mirror in file_data.get('mirrors', []):
-                        if mirror.get('deletedAt') is None:
-                            available_mirror = mirror
-                            break
-                    
-                    # Create transformed file entry
-                    transformed_file = {
-                        'id': file_data.get('id'),
-                        'sizeKB': file_data.get('sizeKB'),
-                        'name': available_mirror.get('filename', file_data.get('name')) if available_mirror else file_data.get('name'),
-                        'type': file_data.get('type'),
-                        'downloadUrl': available_mirror.get('url') if available_mirror else None,
-                        'primary': file_data.get('is_primary', False),
-                        'mirrors': file_data.get('mirrors', [])
-                    }
-                    
-                    # Transform hash format
-                    if 'sha256' in file_data:
-                        transformed_file['hashes'] = {
-                            'SHA256': file_data['sha256'].upper()
-                        }
-                    
-                    transformed_files.append(transformed_file)
-                
-                version['files'] = transformed_files
-            
-            # Add model information
-            version['model'] = {
-                'name': model_data.get('name'),
-                'type': model_data.get('type'),
-                'nsfw': model_data.get('is_nsfw', False),
-                'description': model_data.get('description'),
-                'tags': model_data.get('tags', [])
-            }
-
-            version['creator'] = {
-                'username': model_data.get('username'),
-                'image': ''
-            }
-            
-            # Add source identifier
-            version['source'] = 'civarchive'
-            version['is_deleted'] = json_data.get('query', {}).get('is_deleted', False)
-            
-            return version
-            
-        except RateLimitError:
-            raise
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"Error fetching CivArchive model version (scraping) {url}: {e}")
-            return None