diff --git a/src/ell/util/origin_tracing.py b/src/ell/util/origin_tracing.py
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index 63c8b058..00000000
--- a/src/ell/util/origin_tracing.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-#%%
-from typing import Any, FrozenSet, Optional, Type, TypeVar, Union
-from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-
-T = TypeVar('T')
-
-class OriginTracedMeta(type):
-    def __new__(cls, name: str, bases: tuple, attrs: dict):
-        # Add origin tracing properties and methods
-        attrs['__origin_trace__'] = frozenset()
-        
-        def __init__(self, value: Any, origin_trace: Optional[Union[str, FrozenSet[str]]] = None):
-            super(self.__class__, self).__init__(value)
-            if isinstance(origin_trace, str):
-                self.__origin_trace__ = frozenset({origin_trace})
-            else:
-                self.__origin_trace__ = frozenset(origin_trace) if origin_trace is not None else frozenset()
-
-        attrs['__init__'] = __init__
-
-        @property
-        def _origin_trace(self) -> FrozenSet[str]:
-            return self.__origin_trace__
-
-        attrs['_origin_trace'] = _origin_trace
-
-        # Create the class
-        return super().__new__(cls, name, bases, attrs)
-
-class OriginTraced(metaclass=OriginTracedMeta):
-    def __init__(self, value: Any, origin_trace: Optional[Union[str, FrozenSet[str]]] = None):
-        pass
-
-    def _combine_origin_traces(self, other: 'OriginTraced') -> FrozenSet[str]:
-        return self._origin_trace.union(other._origin_trace)
-
-def origin_traced(base_class: Type[T]) -> Type[T]:
-    class WrappedClass(base_class, OriginTraced):
-        def __init__(self, value: Any, origin_trace: Optional[Union[str, FrozenSet[str]]] = None):
-            base_class.__init__(self, value)
-            OriginTraced.__init__(self, value, origin_trace)
-
-        def _combine_origin_traces(self, other: 'OriginTraced') -> FrozenSet[str]:
-            return self._origin_trace.union(other._origin_trace if isinstance(other, OriginTraced) else frozenset())
-
-        def __repr__(self):
-            return f"{self.__class__.__name__}({base_class.__repr__(self)}, origin_trace={self._origin_trace})"
-
-    return WrappedClass
-
-# Create origin-traced versions of built-in types
-lstr = origin_traced(str)
-lint = origin_traced(int)
-lbool = origin_traced(bool)
-
-
-#%%
-x = lstr("hello", origin_trace="hello")
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