diff --git a/modules/icing/pireps.py b/modules/icing/pireps.py
index 6b46115a137d2551143d8d547b475983cccb8358..8d68bfde2764e65381899ae39e124ff3027e45fc 100644
--- a/modules/icing/pireps.py
+++ b/modules/icing/pireps.py
@@ -17,15 +17,13 @@ ATYPE = '/TP'
 RMK = '/RM'
 
 
-# Returns icing/non-icing
+# Returns icing/neg-icing
 def pirep_icing(filename, lon_range=[-180, 180], lat_range=[-55, 55]):
-    no_ice_reports = []
-    ice_reports = []
 
     # HEADER: VALID,URGENT,AIRCRAFT,REPORT,LAT,LON
 
     ice_dict = {}
-    no_ice_dict = {}
+    neg_ice_dict = {}
 
     with open(filename) as file:
         for idx, line in enumerate(file):
@@ -76,17 +74,15 @@ def pirep_icing(filename, lon_range=[-180, 180], lat_range=[-55, 55]):
                 timestmp = dto.timestamp()
 
                 if len(re.findall(NO_ICE, ice_str)) != 0:
-                    no_ice_reports.append(ice_str)
-                    rpts = no_ice_dict.get(timestmp)
+                    rpts = neg_ice_dict.get(timestmp)
                     tup = (lat, lon, fl, ice_str)
                     if rpts is None:
                         rpts = []
                         rpts.append(tup)
-                        no_ice_dict[timestmp] = rpts
+                        neg_ice_dict[timestmp] = rpts
                     else:
                         rpts.append(tup)
                 else:
-                    ice_reports.append(ice_str)
                     so = re.search(ICE_LVL, ice_str)
                     if so is not None:
                         lvl_a, lvl_b = so.group().split('-')
@@ -137,4 +133,4 @@ def pirep_icing(filename, lon_range=[-180, 180], lat_range=[-55, 55]):
                     else:
                         rpts.append(tup)
 
-    return ice_dict, no_ice_dict
+    return ice_dict, neg_ice_dict