diff --git a/.github/workflows/mutants.yml b/.github/workflows/mutants.yml
index 79ce60573b..8cc19c06e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mutants.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mutants.yml
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Print old commit hash
         run: cat ./mutation-testing/packages-output/last_commit_hash.txt
 
-      - name: Run the mutation testing on the differences
-        run: |
-          if [ -f ../packages-output/last_commit_hash.txt ]; then
-            ./git-diff.sh
-          fi
-        working-directory: ./mutation-testing/scripts
+      # - name: Run the mutation testing on the differences
+      #   run: |
+      #     if [ -f ../packages-output/last_commit_hash.txt ]; then
+      #       ./git-diff.sh
+      #     fi
+      #   working-directory: ./mutation-testing/scripts
 
       - name: Re-write the old commit hash with the current one
         run: |
diff --git a/mutation-testing/scripts/git-diff.sh b/mutation-testing/scripts/git-diff.sh
index d926669cbe..0a52b0ba9d 100755
--- a/mutation-testing/scripts/git-diff.sh
+++ b/mutation-testing/scripts/git-diff.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ cd mutation-testing
 
 # get the differences since the last commit
 last_commit_hash=$(<./packages-output/last_commit_hash.txt)
-git diff "$last_commit_hash"
+git diff "$last_commit_hash" > git.diff
 
 # it runs cargo mutants for those specific changed functions and outputs to /temp/mutants.out
 # for faster builds: increase number to 4 if at least 16 gb ram and 6 cores CPU
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ cargo mutants --no-shuffle -j 2 -vV --in-diff git.diff --output temp/
 cd scripts
 
 # call append-match-package.sh to update the content from the stable output
-sh append-match-package.sh
+bash append-match-package.sh
 
 # print the modified mutants for testing, to be deleted
 echo "Files ending with .txt in ./temp/mutants.out:"
-for file in ./temp/mutants.out/*.txt; do
+for file in ../temp/mutants.out/*.txt; do
     if [ -f "$file" ]; then
         echo "File: $file"
         echo "Contents:"
diff --git a/stx-genesis/src/lib.rs b/stx-genesis/src/lib.rs
index cd75f9c750..0c18ce300e 100644
--- a/stx-genesis/src/lib.rs
+++ b/stx-genesis/src/lib.rs
@@ -110,30 +110,6 @@ impl Iterator for LinePairReader {
     }
 }
 
-fn fn_option_remove() -> Option<u8> {
-    Some(2)
-}
-
-fn fn_int_remove() -> u32 {
-    12
-}
-
-fn read_deflated_zonefiles_test_clone(
-    deflate_bytes: &'static [u8],
-) -> Box<dyn Iterator<Item = GenesisZonefile>> {
-    let cursor = io::Cursor::new(deflate_bytes);
-    let deflate_decoder = deflate::Decoder::new(cursor);
-    let buff_reader = BufReader::new(deflate_decoder);
-    let pairs = LinePairReader {
-        val: buff_reader.lines(),
-    };
-    let pair_iter = pairs.into_iter().map(|pair| GenesisZonefile {
-        zonefile_hash: pair[0].to_owned(),
-        zonefile_content: pair[1].replace("\\n", "\n"),
-    });
-    return Box::new(pair_iter);
-}
-
 fn read_deflated_zonefiles(
     deflate_bytes: &'static [u8],
 ) -> Box<dyn Iterator<Item = GenesisZonefile>> {