diff --git a/external/azcopy/azcopy b/external/azcopy/azcopy
deleted file mode 100755
index d78ea5e2fe..0000000000
--- a/external/azcopy/azcopy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:b7d08710ae4c0bbdc73184453b4d40da979fa3b0abbdb4e974980f9250730127
-size 18914367
diff --git a/external/bin/azcopy b/external/bin/azcopy
deleted file mode 120000
index b0c92398bf..0000000000
--- a/external/bin/azcopy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../azcopy/azcopy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/external/git-lfs/build.sh b/external/git-lfs/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e54fdecfdd..0000000000
--- a/external/git-lfs/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-wget https://github.com/github/git-lfs/releases/download/v1.4.2/git-lfs-linux-amd64-1.4.2.tar.gz
-tar -xvf ./git-lfs-linux-amd64-1.4.2.tar.gz
-cp ./git-lfs-1.4.2/git-lfs .
-
-rm ./git-lfs-linux-amd64-1.4.2.tar.gz
-rm -r ./git-lfs-1.4.2
diff --git a/external/git-lfs/git-lfs b/external/git-lfs/git-lfs
deleted file mode 100755
index a24cdcbf72..0000000000
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diff --git a/selfdrive/test/update_ci_routes.py b/selfdrive/test/update_ci_routes.py
index ee9dde6ee5..83f14a0e1b 100755
--- a/selfdrive/test/update_ci_routes.py
+++ b/selfdrive/test/update_ci_routes.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import sys
 import subprocess
-from common.basedir import BASEDIR
 from azure.storage.blob import BlockBlobService
 
 from selfdrive.test.test_car_models import routes as test_car_models_routes
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ def sync_to_ci_public(route):
   for (source_account, source_bucket), source_key in zip(SOURCES, SOURCE_KEYS):
     print(f"Trying {source_account}/{source_bucket}")
     cmd = [
-      f"{BASEDIR}/external/bin/azcopy",
+      "azcopy",
       "copy",
       "https://{}.blob.core.windows.net/{}/{}/?{}".format(source_account, source_bucket, key_prefix, source_key),
       "https://{}.blob.core.windows.net/{}/{}/?{}".format(_DATA_ACCOUNT_CI, "openpilotci", dongle_id, DEST_KEY),