remove delegation-auto-updater
diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index 57b3d75..9ee4acb 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 //! Clients for high level interactions with TUF repositories.
 
-use std::collections::{HashSet, VecDeque};
-
 use Result;
 use error::Error;
 use interchange::DataInterchange;
@@ -96,23 +94,7 @@
             }
         };
 
-        let de = match Self::update_delegations(
-            &mut self.tuf,
-            &mut self.local,
-            self.config.min_bytes_per_second,
-        ) {
-            Ok(b) => b,
-            Err(e) => {
-                warn!(
-                    "Error updating delegation metadata from local sources: {:?}",
-                    e
-                );
-                // TODO this might be untrue because of a partial update
-                false
-            }
-        };
-
-        Ok(r || ts || sn || ta || de)
+        Ok(r || ts || sn || ta)
     }
 
     /// Update TUF metadata from the remote repository.
@@ -141,13 +123,8 @@
             &mut self.remote,
             self.config.min_bytes_per_second,
         )?;
-        let de = Self::update_delegations(
-            &mut self.tuf,
-            &mut self.remote,
-            self.config.min_bytes_per_second,
-        )?;
 
-        Ok(r || ts || sn || ta || de)
+        Ok(r || ts || sn || ta)
     }
 
     /// Returns `true` if an update occurred and `false` otherwise.
@@ -297,75 +274,6 @@
         tuf.update_targets(targets)
     }
 
-    /// Returns `true` if an update occurred and `false` otherwise.
-    fn update_delegations<T>(
-        tuf: &mut Tuf<D>,
-        repo: &mut T,
-        min_bytes_per_second: u32,
-    ) -> Result<bool>
-    where
-        T: Repository<D>,
-    {
-        let _ = match tuf.snapshot() {
-            Some(s) => s,
-            None => return Err(Error::MissingMetadata(Role::Snapshot)),
-        }.clone();
-        let targets = match tuf.targets() {
-            Some(t) => t,
-            None => return Err(Error::MissingMetadata(Role::Targets)),
-        }.clone();
-        let delegations = match targets.delegations() {
-            Some(d) => d,
-            None => return Ok(false),
-        }.clone();
-
-        let mut visited = HashSet::new();
-        let mut to_visit = VecDeque::new();
-
-        for role in delegations.roles().iter().map(|r| r.role()) {
-            let _ = to_visit.push_back(role.clone());
-        }
-
-        let mut updated = false;
-        while let Some(role) = to_visit.pop_front() {
-            if visited.contains(&role) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            let _ = visited.insert(role.clone());
-
-            let delegation = match repo.fetch_metadata(
-                &Role::Targets,
-                &role,
-                &MetadataVersion::None,
-                &None,
-                min_bytes_per_second,
-                None,
-            ) {
-                Ok(d) => d,
-                Err(e) => {
-                    warn!("Failed to fetuch delegation {:?}: {:?}", role, e);
-                    continue;
-                }
-            };
-
-            match tuf.update_delegation(&role, delegation) {
-                Ok(u) => updated |= u,
-                Err(e) => {
-                    warn!("Failed to update delegation {:?}: {:?}", role, e);
-                    continue;
-                }
-            };
-
-            if let Some(ds) = tuf.delegations().get(&role).and_then(|t| t.delegations()) {
-                for d in ds.roles() {
-                    let _ = to_visit.push_back(d.role().clone());
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        Ok(updated)
-    }
-
     /// Fetch a target from the remote repo and write it to the local repo.
     pub fn fetch_target(&mut self, target: &TargetPath) -> Result<()> {
         let target_description = self.tuf.target_description(target)?;