diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index d46901e0..b948d459 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pipeline {
                 dir('./gitrepo') {
                     git(
                             url: 'https://github.com/Knowledge-Graph-Hub/kg-covid-19',
-                            branch: 'master'
+                            branch: $BRANCH_NAME
                     )
                     sh '/usr/bin/python3.7 -m venv venv'
                     sh '. venv/bin/activate'
diff --git a/kg_covid_19/utils/download_utils.py b/kg_covid_19/utils/download_utils.py
index 53e96252..db78339e 100644
--- a/kg_covid_19/utils/download_utils.py
+++ b/kg_covid_19/utils/download_utils.py
@@ -4,18 +4,11 @@
 
 import logging
 import os
-
 import wget # type: ignore
 import yaml
-
 from os import path
-
-from urllib.parse import urlparse
 from tqdm.auto import tqdm  # type: ignore
 
-from encodeproject import download as encode_download  # type: ignore
-
-
 def download_from_yaml(yaml_file: str, output_dir: str,
                        ignore_cache: bool = False) -> None:
     """Given an download info from an download.yaml file, download all files
@@ -52,12 +45,6 @@ def download_from_yaml(yaml_file: str, output_dir: str,
                     logging.info("Using cached version of {}".format(outfile))
                     continue
 
-            p = urlparse(item['url'], 'http')
-            if p.scheme == 'ftp':
-                logging.warning(
-                    "Using wget for downloading FTP resource {}".format(item['url']))
-                wget.download(url=item['url'], out=outfile)
-            else:
-                encode_download(url=item['url'], path=outfile)
+            wget.download(url=item['url'], out=outfile)
 
     return None
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6b03bd7a..65cfe157 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ def find_version(*file_paths):
     # add package dependencies
     install_requires=[
         'tqdm',
-        'encodeproject',
         'tabula-py',
         'obonet',
         'wget',