diff --git a/python/microns-materialization-api/microns_materialization_api/__init__.py b/python/microns-materialization-api/microns_materialization_api/__init__.py
index b7e57dc..df8e120 100644
--- a/python/microns-materialization-api/microns_materialization_api/__init__.py
+++ b/python/microns-materialization-api/microns_materialization_api/__init__.py
@@ -10,8 +10,4 @@
     )
 )
 
-def check_latest_version_from_github(owner='cajal', repo='microns-materialization', source='tag', branch=None, path_to_version_file=None, warn=True):
-    """
-    Wrapper for :func:`~microns_utils.version_utils.check_latest_version_from_github`
-    """
-    return version_utils.check_latest_version_from_github(owner=owner, repo=repo, source=source, branch=branch, path_to_version_file=path_to_version_file, warn=warn)
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+check_latest_version_from_github = version_utils.latest_github_version_checker(owner='cajal', repo='microns-materialization')
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diff --git a/python/microns-materialization/microns_materialization/__init__.py b/python/microns-materialization/microns_materialization/__init__.py
index acd73fd..a8f0c16 100644
--- a/python/microns-materialization/microns_materialization/__init__.py
+++ b/python/microns-materialization/microns_materialization/__init__.py
@@ -10,8 +10,4 @@
     )
 )
 
-def check_latest_version_from_github(owner='cajal', repo='microns-materialization', source='tag', branch=None, path_to_version_file=None, warn=True):
-    """
-    Wrapper for :func:`~microns_utils.version_utils.check_latest_version_from_github`
-    """
-    return version_utils.check_latest_version_from_github(owner=owner, repo=repo, source=source, branch=branch, path_to_version_file=path_to_version_file, warn=warn)
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+check_latest_version_from_github = version_utils.latest_github_version_checker(owner='cajal', repo='microns-materialization')
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