diff --git a/benchmarks/insert_tau/Snakefile~ b/benchmarks/insert_tau/Snakefile~
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-rule insert_tau_generate:
-	input:
-                script="benchmarks/insert_tau/analysis/gen_particles.cxx",
-	params:
-		NEVENTS_GEN=1000,
-		th_max=7.0,
-		th_min=1.7
-	output:
-		GEN_FILE="sim_output/insert_tau/tau-_{P}GeV.hepmc"
-	shell:
-		"""
-root -l -b -q '{input.script}({params.NEVENTS_GEN},"{output.GEN_FILE}", "tau-", {params.th_min}, {params.th_max}, 0., 360., {wildcards.P})'
-"""
-
-rule insert_tau_simulate:
-	input:
-		GEN_FILE="sim_output/insert_tau/tau-_{P}GeV.hepmc"
-	params:
-		PHYSICS_LIST="FTFP_BERT"
-	output:
-		SIM_FILE="sim_output/insert_tau/{DETECTOR_CONFIG}_sim_tau-_{P}GeV.edm4hep.root"
-	shell:
-		"""
-NEVENTS_SIM=1000
-# Running simulation
-npsim \
-   --compactFile $DETECTOR_PATH/{wildcards.DETECTOR_CONFIG}.xml \
-   --numberOfEvents $NEVENTS_SIM \
-   --physicsList {params.PHYSICS_LIST} \
-   --inputFiles {input.GEN_FILE} \
-   --outputFile {output.SIM_FILE}
-"""
-
-rule insert_tau_recon:
-        input:
-                SIM_FILE="sim_output/insert_tau/{DETECTOR_CONFIG}_sim_tau-_{P}GeV.edm4hep.root"
-        output:
-                REC_FILE="sim_output/insert_tau/{DETECTOR_CONFIG}_rec_tau-_{P}GeV.edm4hep.root"
-        shell:
-                """
-NEVENTS_REC=1000
-eicrecon {input.SIM_FILE} -Ppodio:output_file={output.REC_FILE} -Pdd4hep:xml_files=$DETECTOR_PATH/{wildcards.DETECTOR_CONFIG}.xml -Ppodio:output_collections=MCParticles,HcalEndcapPInsertRecHits,HcalEndcapPInsertClusters,HcalEndcapPInsertSubcellHits,EcalEndcapPInsertRecHits,EcalEndcapPInsertClusters  -Pjana:nevents=$NEVENTS_REC
-"""
-
-rule insert_tau_analysis:
-	input:
-                expand("sim_output/insert_tau/{DETECTOR_CONFIG}_rec_tau-_{P}GeV.edm4hep.root",
-		    P=[20,50, 100, 200],
-		    DETECTOR_CONFIG=["{DETECTOR_CONFIG}"]),
-                script="benchmarks/insert_tau/analysis/tau_plots.py",
-	output:
-		results_dir=directory("results/{DETECTOR_CONFIG}/insert_tau"),
-	shell:
-		"""
-mkdir -p {output.results_dir}
-python {input.script} {output.results_dir}
-"""