diff --git a/Phys/DaVinci/python/DaVinci/utils.py b/Phys/DaVinci/python/DaVinci/utils.py
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-###############################################################################
-# (c) Copyright 2022 CERN for the benefit of the LHCb Collaboration           #
-#                                                                             #
-# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public      #
-# Licence version 3 (GPL Version 3), copied verbatim in the file "COPYING".   #
-#                                                                             #
-# In applying this licence, CERN does not waive the privileges and immunities #
-# granted to it by virtue of its status as an Intergovernmental Organization  #
-# or submit itself to any jurisdiction.                                       #
-###############################################################################
-import os, XRootD.client
-
-
-def load_file(fname):
-    if not fname: return None
-
-    if fname.startswith("root://eoslhcb.cern.ch//"):
-        with XRootD.client.File() as f:
-            status, _ = f.open(str(fname))
-            if not status.ok:
-                raise RuntimeError(f"could not open {fname}: {status.message}")
-            status, data = f.read()
-            if not status.ok:
-                raise RuntimeError(f"could not read {fname}: {status.message}")
-            return data.decode('utf-8')
-    else:
-        with open(os.path.expandvars(fname)) as f:
-            data = f.read()
-            return data.decode('utf-8')