diff --git a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/util/select_hf_files.py b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/util/select_hf_files.py
index b84ca06b94..595d03f599 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/util/select_hf_files.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/util/select_hf_files.py
@@ -74,24 +74,6 @@ def filter_files(
     return sorted(_filter_by_variant(paths, variant))
 
 
-def get_variant_label(path: Path) -> Optional[str]:
-    suffixes = path.suffixes
-    if len(suffixes) == 2:
-        variant_label, _ = suffixes
-    else:
-        variant_label = None
-    return variant_label
-
-
-def get_suffix(path: Path) -> str:
-    suffixes = path.suffixes
-    if len(suffixes) == 2:
-        _, suffix = suffixes
-    else:
-        suffix = suffixes[0]
-    return suffix
-
-
 @dataclass
 class SubfolderCandidate:
     path: Path
@@ -140,7 +122,7 @@ def _filter_by_variant(files: List[Path], variant: ModelRepoVariant) -> Set[Path
             if path.suffix == ".safetensors":
                 score += 1
 
-            candidate_variant_label = get_variant_label(path)
+            candidate_variant_label = path.suffixes[0] if len(path.suffixes) == 2 else None
 
             # Some special handling is needed here if there is not an exact match and if we cannot infer the variant
             # from the file name. In this case, we only give this file a point if the requested variant is FP32 or DEFAULT.
@@ -180,76 +162,3 @@ def _filter_by_variant(files: List[Path], variant: ModelRepoVariant) -> Set[Path
         directories[x.parent] = directories.get(x.parent, 0) + 1
 
     return {x for x in result if directories[x.parent] > 1 or x.name != "config.json"}
-
-
-# def _filter_by_variant(files: List[Path], variant: ModelRepoVariant) -> Set[Path]:
-#     """Select the proper variant files from a list of HuggingFace repo_id paths."""
-#     result: set[Path] = set()
-#     basenames: Dict[Path, Path] = {}
-#     for path in files:
-#         if path.suffix in [".onnx", ".pb", ".onnx_data"]:
-#             if variant == ModelRepoVariant.ONNX:
-#                 result.add(path)
-
-#         elif "openvino_model" in path.name:
-#             if variant == ModelRepoVariant.OPENVINO:
-#                 result.add(path)
-
-#         elif "flax_model" in path.name:
-#             if variant == ModelRepoVariant.FLAX:
-#                 result.add(path)
-
-#         elif path.suffix in [".json", ".txt"]:
-#             result.add(path)
-
-#         elif path.suffix in [".bin", ".safetensors", ".pt", ".ckpt"] and variant in [
-#             ModelRepoVariant.FP16,
-#             ModelRepoVariant.FP32,
-#             ModelRepoVariant.DEFAULT,
-#         ]:
-#             parent = path.parent
-#             suffixes = path.suffixes
-#             if len(suffixes) == 2:
-#                 variant_label, suffix = suffixes
-#                 basename = parent / Path(path.stem).stem
-#             else:
-#                 variant_label = ""
-#                 suffix = suffixes[0]
-#                 basename = parent / path.stem
-
-#             if previous := basenames.get(basename):
-#                 if (
-#                     previous.suffix != ".safetensors" and suffix == ".safetensors"
-#                 ):  # replace non-safetensors with safetensors when available
-#                     basenames[basename] = path
-#                 if variant_label == f".{variant}":
-#                     basenames[basename] = path
-#                 elif not variant_label and variant in [ModelRepoVariant.FP32, ModelRepoVariant.DEFAULT]:
-#                     basenames[basename] = path
-#             else:
-#                 basenames[basename] = path
-
-#         else:
-#             continue
-
-#     for v in basenames.values():
-#         result.add(v)
-
-#     # If one of the architecture-related variants was specified and no files matched other than
-#     # config and text files then we return an empty list
-#     if (
-#         variant
-#         and variant in [ModelRepoVariant.ONNX, ModelRepoVariant.OPENVINO, ModelRepoVariant.FLAX]
-#         and not any(variant.value in x.name for x in result)
-#     ):
-#         return set()
-
-#     # Prune folders that contain just a `config.json`. This happens when
-#     # the requested variant (e.g. "onnx") is missing
-#     directories: Dict[Path, int] = {}
-#     for x in result:
-#         if not x.parent:
-#             continue
-#         directories[x.parent] = directories.get(x.parent, 0) + 1
-
-#     return {x for x in result if directories[x.parent] > 1 or x.name != "config.json"}