diff --git a/coupledmodeldriver/utilities.py b/coupledmodeldriver/utilities.py
index 3b24d293..91a0b342 100644
--- a/coupledmodeldriver/utilities.py
+++ b/coupledmodeldriver/utilities.py
@@ -5,14 +5,11 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 import shutil
 import sys
-import tarfile
 import traceback
-from typing import List
 
 import numpy
 from pyproj import CRS, Geod, Transformer
 from shapely.geometry import Point
-import wget
 
 
 def repository_root(path: PathLike = None) -> Path:
@@ -165,50 +162,6 @@ def make_executable(path: PathLike):
     os.chmod(path, mode)
 
 
-def download_mesh(url: str, directory: PathLike, overwrite: bool = False):
-    if not isinstance(directory, Path):
-        directory = Path(directory)
-    if not directory.exists():
-        directory.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
-    if not (directory / 'fort.14').exists() or overwrite:
-        logging.info(f'downloading mesh files to {directory}')
-        extract_download(url, directory, ['fort.13', 'fort.14'])
-
-    return directory
-
-
-def extract_download(
-    url: str, directory: PathLike, filenames: List[str] = None, overwrite: bool = False
-):
-    if not isinstance(directory, Path):
-        directory = Path(directory)
-
-    if filenames is None:
-        filenames = []
-
-    if not directory.exists():
-        directory.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
-    temporary_filename = directory / 'temp.tar.gz'
-    logging.debug(f'downloading {url} -> {temporary_filename}')
-    wget.download(url, f'{temporary_filename}')
-    logging.debug(f'extracting {temporary_filename} -> {directory}')
-    with tarfile.open(temporary_filename) as local_file:
-        if len(filenames) > 0:
-            for filename in filenames:
-                if filename in local_file.getnames():
-                    path = directory / filename
-                    if not path.exists() or overwrite:
-                        if path.exists():
-                            os.remove(path)
-                        local_file.extract(filename, directory)
-        else:
-            local_file.extractall(directory)
-
-    os.remove(temporary_filename)
-
-
 class ProcessPoolExecutorStackTraced(ProcessPoolExecutor):
     """
     preserves the traceback of any kind of raised exception
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index feccc360..6ecc035e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ enable = true
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = '^3.7'
-adcircpy = '>=1.1.2'
+adcircpy = '^1.2.1'
 file-read-backwards = '*'
 nemspy = '>=1.0.4'
 numpy = '*'
 pyproj = '*'
-typepigeon = '>=1.0.3'
+typepigeon = '^1.0.3'
 isort = { version = '*', optional = true }
 oitnb = { version = '*', optional = true }
 pooch = { version = '*', optional = true }
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ pytest = { version = '*', optional = true }
 pytest-cov = { version = '*', optional = true }
 pytest-socket = { version = '*', optional = true }
 pytest-xdist = { version = '*', optional = true }
-wget = { version = '*', optional = true }
 m2r2 = { version = '*', optional = true }
 sphinx = { version = '*', optional = true }
 sphinx-rtd-theme = { version = '*', optional = true }