Update util.py

Author: blankirigaya

malariagen_data/util.py

@@ -430,7 +430,6 @@ def _init_filesystem(url, **kwargs):
     """Initialise a fsspec filesystem from a given base URL and parameters."""
 
     storage_options = None  # To prevent using before assignment (Pylint).
-    simplecache_options = kwargs.pop("simplecache", None)
 
     # Special case Google Cloud Storage, authenticate the user.
     if "gs://" in url or "gcs://" in url:
@@ -488,12 +487,6 @@ def _init_filesystem(url, **kwargs):
         # Some other kind of URL, pass through kwargs as-is.
         storage_options = kwargs
 
-    if simplecache_options is not None:
-        storage_options["simplecache"] = simplecache_options
-
-    # Process the URL using fsspec.
-    fs, path = url_to_fs(url, **storage_options)
-
     # Path compatibility, fsspec/gcsfs behaviour varies between versions.
     while path.endswith("/"):
         path = path[:-1]