diff --git a/contrib/tracking_module_usage/gen_2/tryThis.py b/contrib/tracking_module_usage/gen_2/tryThis.py
deleted file mode 100644
index fa574a405..000000000
--- a/contrib/tracking_module_usage/gen_2/tryThis.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# -*- python -*-
-
-################################################################################
-# This file is python 2/3 bilingual. 
-# The line """:" starts a comment in python and is a no-op in shell.
-""":"
-# Shell code to find and run a suitable python interpreter.
-for cmd in python3 python python2; do
-   command -v > /dev/null $cmd && exec $cmd $0 "$@"
-done
-
-echo "Error: Could not find a valid python interpreter --> exiting!" >&2
-exit 2
-":""" # this line ends the python comment and is a no-op in shell.
-################################################################################
-
-from __future__ import print_function
-import os, sys, re, json
-
-def main():
-  print ("Hello World! from ", sys.version)
-  fn = "/abc/def/modules.new.json"
-  baseNm, extension = os.path.splitext(fn)
-  print(baseNm, extension)
-  if (extension == ".json"):
-    print("found")
-  s = '{ "user": "ahberrington1", "module" : "py-setuptools/63.4.3", \
-"path" : "/work2/06809/jpark217/frontera/202403/spack-stack/envs/unified-dev.frontera/install/modulefiles/intel/23.1.0/py-setuptools/63.4.3.lua", \
-"host" : "frontera",         "time" : 1724746142.926165}'
- 
-  dataT = json.loads(s)
-  print(dataT)
-  
-  print (dataT['user'])
-  v = dataT.get('foo')
-  if (not v):
-    print('no v')
-    
-  v = dataT.get('user')
-  if (v):
-    print('have user')
-    
-  
-
-
-
-if ( __name__ == '__main__'): main()