diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml
index cd6b6ccede..fe04f96a80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ jobs:
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ steps.pip-cache.outputs.datew }}
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
+        find  /opt/hostedtoolcache/* -maxdepth 0 ! -name 'Python' -exec rm -rf {} \;
         python -m pip install --user --upgrade pip setuptools wheel twine
         # install the latest pytorch for testing
         # however, "pip install monai*.tar.gz" will build cpp/cuda with an isolated
diff --git a/monai/bundle/scripts.py b/monai/bundle/scripts.py
index 4967b6cf50..6dd83c1f81 100644
--- a/monai/bundle/scripts.py
+++ b/monai/bundle/scripts.py
@@ -217,10 +217,15 @@ def _remove_ngc_prefix(name: str, prefix: str = "monai_") -> str:
 
 
 def _download_from_ngc(
-    download_path: Path, filename: str, version: str, remove_prefix: str | None, progress: bool
+    download_path: Path,
+    filename: str,
+    version: str,
+    prefix: str = "monai_",
+    remove_prefix: str | None = "monai_",
+    progress: bool = True,
 ) -> None:
     # ensure prefix is contained
-    filename = _add_ngc_prefix(filename)
+    filename = _add_ngc_prefix(filename, prefix=prefix)
     url = _get_ngc_bundle_url(model_name=filename, version=version)
     filepath = download_path / f"{filename}_v{version}.zip"
     if remove_prefix:
@@ -231,10 +236,16 @@ def _download_from_ngc(
 
 
 def _download_from_ngc_private(
-    download_path: Path, filename: str, version: str, remove_prefix: str | None, repo: str, headers: dict | None = None
+    download_path: Path,
+    filename: str,
+    version: str,
+    repo: str,
+    prefix: str = "monai_",
+    remove_prefix: str | None = "monai_",
+    headers: dict | None = None,
 ) -> None:
     # ensure prefix is contained
-    filename = _add_ngc_prefix(filename)
+    filename = _add_ngc_prefix(filename, prefix=prefix)
     request_url = _get_ngc_private_bundle_url(model_name=filename, version=version, repo=repo)
     if has_requests:
         headers = {} if headers is None else headers
@@ -491,7 +502,7 @@ def download(
         url: url to download the data. If not `None`, data will be downloaded directly
             and `source` will not be checked.
             If `name` is `None`, filename is determined by `monai.apps.utils._basename(url)`.
-        remove_prefix: This argument is used when `source` is "ngc". Currently, all ngc bundles
+        remove_prefix: This argument is used when `source` is "ngc" or "ngc_private". Currently, all ngc bundles
             have the ``monai_`` prefix, which is not existing in their model zoo contrasts. In order to
             maintain the consistency between these two sources, remove prefix is necessary.
             Therefore, if specified, downloaded folder name will remove the prefix.
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 1a687a6533..79572f099d 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ black>=22.12
 isort>=5.1
 ruff
 pytype>=2020.6.1; platform_system != "Windows"
-types-pkg_resources
+types-setuptools
 mypy>=1.5.0
 ninja
 torchvision