diff --git a/ingest/ingest.smk b/ingest/ingest.smk
index a86b89e..ebb6c4c 100644
--- a/ingest/ingest.smk
+++ b/ingest/ingest.smk
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ rule transform_metadata:
         """
         ingest/scripts/tsv-to-ndjson.py < {input.metadata} |
             ingest/scripts/fix_country_field.py |
-            ingest/scripts/apply-geolocation-rules.py --geolocation-rules ingest/config/geoLocationRules.tsv |
+            ingest/vendored/apply-geolocation-rules --geolocation-rules ingest/config/geoLocationRules.tsv |
             ingest/scripts/add-year.py |
             ingest/scripts/ndjson-to-tsv.py --metadata-columns {params.metadata_columns} --metadata {output.metadata}
         """
diff --git a/ingest/scripts/apply-geolocation-rules.py b/ingest/vendored/apply-geolocation-rules
similarity index 93%
rename from ingest/scripts/apply-geolocation-rules.py
rename to ingest/vendored/apply-geolocation-rules
index 1f46d70..2b653be 100755
--- a/ingest/scripts/apply-geolocation-rules.py
+++ b/ingest/vendored/apply-geolocation-rules
@@ -5,18 +5,6 @@
 any additional transformations on top of the user curations.
 """
 
-"""
-Copied from https://github.com/nextstrain/monkeypox/blob/62fca491c6775573ad036eedf34b271b4952f2c2/ingest/bin/apply-geolocation-rules
-with two changes:
-
-First change allows missing fields in the input ndjson
--             annotated_values = transform_geolocations(geolocation_rules, [record.[field] for field in location_fields])
-+             annotated_values = transform_geolocations(geolocation_rules, [record.get(field, '') for field in location_fields])
-
-Second change allows blank lines in the location-rules TSV
--            if line.lstrip()[0] == '#':
-+            if line.strip()=="" or line.lstrip()[0] == '#':
-"""
 
 import argparse
 import json