diff --git a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
index f7f7de6ce98a65bf6551ee9e86036eb8b2504d58..bb64a69245ca752a8d57a59487b7a17867cea4ab 100644
--- a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
+++ b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
@@ -174,9 +174,7 @@ def run(data_h5f, param_s, tiles, tile_width=64, kernel_size=9):
                 continue
 
             nda = data[:, j_m-border:j_stop, i_m-border:i_stop]
-            tmp = nda[1, :, :]
-            if (np.sum(np.isnan(tmp)) / tmp.size) < 0.10:
-                tiles.append(nda)
+            tiles.append(nda)
 
 
 def scan(directory):