diff --git a/build.cmd b/build.cmd
index b18af64b5e48926124cf232c53c3aaa29b5b0cbd..35de1b3568098e2e812f195b8d6c0a6a75cc0b28 100644
--- a/build.cmd
+++ b/build.cmd
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pip install -r requirements\dev.in --user --force-reinstall --use-pep517 --no-cache-dir --compile --progress-bar pretty --log logfile1.txt
 pip install -e . --user --force-reinstall --use-pep517 --no-cache-dir --compile --progress-bar pretty --log logfile2.txt
 rem pip install -q build --implementation py  --python-version 3.8 --user --force-reinstall --use-pep517 --compile --progress-bar pretty
-python -m build
+rem repython -m build
 rem pip install -e . --compile --progress-bar pretty
 pip install dist/covid19python-0.0.19.whl --progress-bar pretty --log logfile3.txt
diff --git a/requirements/build.in b/requirements/build.in
index d0273f2e3f0d7ef6be1a93b83dc44bff2a1472d2..79f1fea77a30169a2551b11e3f0731f94c686bb6 100644
--- a/requirements/build.in
+++ b/requirements/build.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-setuptools
+setuptools>=53.0.0
+pip>=21.0.1
 packaging
 wheel>=0.36.2
 pip-licenses==3.3.0
diff --git a/requirements/dev.in b/requirements/dev.in
index 2fc77a07502a5b9b8a3ccfb93c143f5f3e95b7bb..d3496326de04cb22907ba48a09f5f2123a17c0e8 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.in
+++ b/requirements/dev.in
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 -r tests.in
 pip-tools
 pre-commit
-dash>=1.19.0
-dash-extensions>=0.0.45
-dtale>=1.34.0
 Flask>=1.1.2
 Flask-SQLAlchemy>=2.4.4
 Flask-Cors>=3.0.10
@@ -17,7 +14,6 @@ flask-resources==0.6.0
 Flask-PluginKit>=3.6.0
 Flask-ResponseBuilder>=2.0.12
 Flask-Babel>=2
-npmdownloader>=1.2.1
 Flask-Admin>=1.5.7
 Flask-Redisboard>=0.2.0
 Flask-Monitoring>=1.1.2
diff --git a/scripts/__init__.py b/scripts/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000