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@@ -89,41 +89,6 @@ To prepare your data you will need to format your data into AnnData format using
     data.write("data.h5ad")
     ```
 
-5. Create config file (optional)
-
-	If you do not have a config file, the schema (metadata names, types, and categorical/continuous) will be inferred from the observations in the data file. Config file is required to be named 'data_schema.json' and located in the same directory as data file.
-	- The config file is a JSON format file with information on the metadata associated with the cells. The key is the column name in obs. The value is an object
-	```
-    type: string, int, or float (what type the values are),
-	  variabletype: categorical or continuous (categorical values are displayed as checkboxes, continuous values are displayed as a histogram)
-	  displayname: (what the heading should be displayed as)
-	  include: True/False (whether to display values on web interface)
-	```
-
-	```
-	Example
-    {
-        "CellName": {
-            "type": "string",
-            "variabletype": "categorical",
-            "displayname": "Name",
-            "include": true
-        },
-        "clusters": {
-            "type": "string",
-            "variabletype": "categorical",
-            "displayname": "Clusters",
-            "include": true
-        },
-        "num_genes": {
-            "type": "int",
-            "variabletype": "continuous",
-            "displayname": "Number Genes",
-            "include": true
-        }
-    }
-    ```
-
 ## Contributing
 We warmly welcome contributions from the community. Please submit any bug reports and feature requests through github issues. Please submit any direct contributions via a branch + pull request.