diff --git a/src/reddit/auth.py b/src/reddit/auth.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ffc0495..0000000
--- a/src/reddit/auth.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,120 +0,0 @@
-# standard imports
-import os
-import random
-import socket
-
-# lib imports
-import praw
-
-"""
-This module is deprecated and no longer used by the project, this is left here for reference only and may be removed
-in the future. Since no individual users need to authorize our app, we can just use password flow.
-
-To use this the following changes need to be made to the src.reddit.bot.py:
-
-1. Imports
-- from praw.util.token_manager import FileTokenManager
-- from src.reddit import auth
-
-2. Bot class, __init__ method:
-- self.refresh_token_file = os.path.join(self.data_dir, 'refresh_token')
-- self.initialize_refresh_token_file()
-- self.refresh_token_manager = FileTokenManager(self.refresh_token_file)
-
-3. Bot class, __init__ method, self.reddit object:
-- token_manager=self.refresh_token_manager,
-
-4. Call the auth.initialize_refresh_token_file method with the appropriate parameters
-"""
-
-
-def initialize_refresh_token_file(refresh_token_file: str, redirect_uri: str, user_agent: str) -> bool:
-    if os.path.isfile(refresh_token_file):
-        return True
-
-    # https://www.reddit.com/api/v1/scopes.json
-    scopes = [
-        'read',  # Access posts and comments through my account.
-    ]
-
-    reddit_auth = praw.Reddit(
-        client_id=os.environ['PRAW_CLIENT_ID'],
-        client_secret=os.environ['PRAW_CLIENT_SECRET'],
-        redirect_uri=redirect_uri,
-        user_agent=user_agent,
-    )
-
-    state = str(random.randint(0, 65000))
-    url = reddit_auth.auth.url(scopes=scopes, state=state, duration="permanent")
-    print(f"Now open this url in your browser: {url}")
-
-    client, data = receive_connection()
-    param_tokens = data.split(" ", 2)[1].split("?", 1)[1].split("&")
-    params = {
-        key: value for (key, value) in [token.split("=") for token in param_tokens]
-    }
-
-    if state != params["state"]:
-        send_message(
-            client,
-            f"State mismatch. Expected: {state} Received: {params['state']}",
-        )
-        return False
-    elif "error" in params:
-        send_message(client, params["error"])
-        return False
-
-    refresh_token = reddit_auth.auth.authorize(params["code"])
-    with open(refresh_token_file, 'w+') as f:
-        f.write(refresh_token)
-
-    send_message(client, f"Refresh token: {refresh_token}")
-    print('Refresh token has been written to "refresh_token" file')
-    return True
-
-
-def receive_connection() -> tuple[socket.socket, str]:
-    """
-    Wait for and then return a connected socket.
-
-    Opens a TCP connection on port 8080, and waits for a single client.
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    tuple[socket.socket, str]
-        The connected socket and the data received.
-    """
-    server = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-    server.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
-    server.bind(('0.0.0.0', 8080))
-    server.listen()
-    # Handle one request from the client
-    while True:
-        (clientSocket, clientAddress) = server.accept()
-        data = clientSocket.recv(1024)
-
-        if data != b'':
-            # Wait until we receive the data from reddit
-            if data.startswith(b'GET /?state='):
-                # Send back what you received
-                clientSocket.send(data)
-
-                break
-    server.close()
-    return clientSocket, data.decode("utf-8")
-
-
-def send_message(client: socket.socket, message: str):
-    """
-    Send a message to the client and close the connection.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    client : socket.socket
-        The client socket.
-    message : str
-        The message to send.
-    """
-    print(f'message: {message}')
-    client.send(f"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n\r\n{message}".encode("utf-8"))
-    client.close()