diff --git a/bin/extract_galaxy_tools.py b/bin/extract_galaxy_tools.py
index 95a19eb9..a329601f 100644
--- a/bin/extract_galaxy_tools.py
+++ b/bin/extract_galaxy_tools.py
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ def get_string_content(cf: ContentFile) -> str:
 
 
 def get_tool_github_repositories(
-    g: Github, RepoSelection: Optional[str], run_test: bool, add_extra_repositories: bool = True
-) -> List[str]:
+    g: Github, RepoSelection: Optional[str], run_test: bool) -> List[str]:
     """
     Get list of tool GitHub repositories to parse
 
@@ -150,11 +149,6 @@ def get_tool_github_repositories(
             repo_l = get_string_content(repo_f).rstrip()
             repo_list.extend(repo_l.split("\n"))
 
-    if (
-        add_extra_repositories and "extra-repositories" in configs
-    ):  # add non planemo monitor repositories defined in conf
-        repo_list = repo_list + configs["extra-repositories"]
-
     print("Parsing repositories from:")
     for repo in repo_list:
         print("\t", repo)
diff --git a/data/conf.yml b/data/conf.yml
index dbf7e082..e69de29b 100644
--- a/data/conf.yml
+++ b/data/conf.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-extra-repositories:
-  - https://github.com/qiime2/galaxy-tools
-  - https://github.com/geraldinepascal/FROGS-wrappers