diff --git a/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/base_request_processor.py b/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/base_request_processor.py
index ea9184e8..398bf0b5 100644
--- a/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/base_request_processor.py
+++ b/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/base_request_processor.py
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 import resource
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from math import ceil
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Optional, List
+from typing import Optional
 
 import aiofiles
 import pyarrow
@@ -77,51 +76,6 @@ def run(
         """
         pass
 
-    def _verify_existing_request_files(self, working_dir: str, dataset: Optional[Dataset]) -> List[int]:
-        """
-        Verify integrity of the cache (each request file has associated metadata, and the number of rows is correct),
-        and return the indices of request files that need to be regenerated (so that no work is repeated).
-        
-        Args:
-            working_dir (str): Working directory where cache files are expected to be (requests.jsonl, metadata.json)
-            dataset (Optional[Dataset]): The dataset that we want to create requests from
-            
-        Returns:
-            List[int]: Indices of missing files
-        """
-
-        if self.batch_size is not None and dataset is not None:
-            expected_num_files = ceil(len(dataset) / self.batch_size)
-        else:
-            expected_num_files = 1
-
-        try:
-            incomplete_files = []
-            for i in range(expected_num_files):
-                req_f = os.path.join(working_dir, f"requests_{i}.jsonl")
-                meta_f = os.path.join(working_dir, f"metadata_{i}.json")
-                if not os.path.exists(req_f) or not os.path.exists(meta_f):
-                    incomplete_files.append(i)
-                else:
-                    with open(req_f, "r") as f:
-                        data = f.read()
-                    num_jobs = len(data.splitlines())
-
-                    with open(meta_f, "r") as f:
-                        metadata = json.load(f)
-
-                    expected_num_jobs = metadata["num_jobs"]
-                    if num_jobs != expected_num_jobs:
-                        incomplete_files.append(i)
-
-            logger.info(f"Cache missing {len(incomplete_files)} complete request files - regenerating missing ones.")
-            return incomplete_files
-            
-        except:
-            logger.info("Cache verification failed for unexpected reasons - regenerating all request files.")
-            incomplete_files = list(range(expected_num_files))
-            return incomplete_files
-
     def create_request_files(
         self,
         dataset: Optional[Dataset],
@@ -142,9 +96,7 @@ def create_request_files(
         request_files = glob.glob(f"{working_dir}/requests_*.jsonl")
 
         # By default use existing requests in working_dir
-        incomplete_files = self._verify_existing_request_files(working_dir, dataset)
-
-        if len(incomplete_files) == 0:
+        if len(request_files) > 0:
             logger.info(f"Using cached requests. {CACHE_MSG}")
             # count existing jobs in file and print first job
             with open(request_files[0], "r") as f:
@@ -168,23 +120,15 @@ def create_request_files(
         request_file = f"{working_dir}/requests_0.jsonl"
         request_files = [request_file]
 
-        metadata_file = f"{working_dir}/metadata_0.json"
-        metadata_files = [metadata_file]
-
         if dataset is None:
             with open(request_file, "w") as f:
                 generic_request = prompt_formatter.create_generic_request(dict(), 0)
                 f.write(json.dumps(generic_request.model_dump(), default=str) + "\n")
-
-            metadata_dict = {"num_jobs": 1}
-            with open(metadata_file, "w") as f:
-                f.write(json.dumps(metadata_dict, indent=4) + "\n")
             return request_files
 
         if self.batch_size:
             num_batches = ceil(len(dataset) / self.batch_size)
             request_files = [f"{working_dir}/requests_{i}.jsonl" for i in range(num_batches)]
-            metadata_files = [f"{working_dir}/metadata_{i}.json" for i in range(num_batches)]
 
             async def create_all_request_files():
                 tasks = [
@@ -192,16 +136,15 @@ async def create_all_request_files():
                         dataset,
                         prompt_formatter,
                         request_files[i],
-                        metadata_files[i],
                         start_idx=i * self.batch_size,
                     )
-                    for i in range(num_batches) if i in incomplete_files
+                    for i in range(num_batches)
                 ]
                 await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
 
             run_in_event_loop(create_all_request_files())
         else:
-            run_in_event_loop(self.acreate_request_file(dataset, prompt_formatter, request_file, metadata_file))
+            run_in_event_loop(self.acreate_request_file(dataset, prompt_formatter, request_file))
 
         return request_files
 
@@ -211,9 +154,8 @@ async def acreate_request_file(
         dataset: Dataset,
         prompt_formatter: PromptFormatter,
         request_file: str,
-        metadata_file: str,
         start_idx: int = 0,
-    ) -> None:
+    ) -> str:
         if self.batch_size is not None:
             end_idx = min(start_idx + self.batch_size, len(dataset))
             dataset = dataset.select(range(start_idx, end_idx))
@@ -227,13 +169,7 @@ async def acreate_request_file(
                 # Get the generic request from the map function
                 request = prompt_formatter.create_generic_request(dataset_row, dataset_row_idx)
                 await f.write(json.dumps(request.model_dump(), default=str) + "\n")
-
-        num_requests = end_idx - start_idx
-        metadata_dict = {"num_jobs": num_requests}
-        async with aiofiles.open(metadata_file, "w") as f:
-            await f.write(json.dumps(metadata_dict, indent=4) + "\n")
-
-        logger.info(f"Wrote {num_requests} requests to {request_file}.")
+        logger.info(f"Wrote {end_idx - start_idx} requests to {request_file}.")
 
     def attempt_loading_cached_dataset(
         self, working_dir: str, parse_func_hash: str