diff --git a/clients/python/fdclient/client.py b/clients/python/fdclient/client.py
index 8c8bda5..d9f0327 100644
--- a/clients/python/fdclient/client.py
+++ b/clients/python/fdclient/client.py
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 import time
 import json
 
-import concurrent.futures as futures
-
 
 class FDClient:
     def __init__(self, server_url, compression=True, request_timeout=None):
@@ -67,15 +65,6 @@ def _decompressor(self):
             self.local_storage.decompressor = zstandard.ZstdDecompressor()
         return self.local_storage.decompressor
 
-    @property
-    def _thread_pool_executor(self):
-        if (
-            not hasattr(self.local_storage, "thread_pool_executor")
-            or self.local_storage.thread_pool_executor is None
-        ):
-            self.local_storage.thread_pool_executor = futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(32)
-        return self.local_storage.thread_pool_executor
-
     @property
     def _decompressor(self):
         if self.compression is False:
@@ -137,21 +126,6 @@ def infer(self, data, unique_id=None, is_async=False):
     def infer_async(self, data, unique_id=None):
         return self.infer(data, unique_id, is_async=True)
 
-    def infer_background(self, data, unique_id=None):
-        return self._thread_pool_executor.submit(self.infer, data, unique_id)
-
-    def infer_background_multiple(self, data_list, unique_ids=None):
-        return [
-            self.infer_background(data, unique_ids[i] if unique_ids else None)
-            for i, data in enumerate(data_list)
-        ]
-
-    def __close__(self):
-        self._thread_pool_executor.shutdown(wait=False, cancel_futures=True)
-
-    def __del__(self):
-        self.__close__()
-
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     client = FDClient("http://localhost:8080")
diff --git a/clients/python/setup.py b/clients/python/setup.py
index 50b07d7..de433ee 100644
--- a/clients/python/setup.py
+++ b/clients/python/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 EMAIL = "praneeth@bpraneeth.com"
 AUTHOR = "BEDAPUDI PRANEETH"
 REQUIRES_PYTHON = ">=3.6.0"
-VERSION = "3.0.5"
+VERSION = "3.0.6"
 
 # What packages are required for this module to be executed?
 REQUIRED = ["zstandard", "requests", "msgpack"]