diff --git a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
index 833c96f2d90e19052e65682240d1ea221622e1a4..204c47fec55ab5572d543fe1d2dded15d245ea1e 100644
--- a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
+++ b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
@@ -944,7 +944,6 @@ def box_extract(outfile='/Users/tomrink/box_out.h5'):
     icing_data_dct = {ds: [] for ds in train_params_day}
     no_icing_data_dct = {ds: [] for ds in train_params_day}
 
-    num_ice = 0
     for fidx in range(len(icing_files)):
         fname = icing_files[fidx]
         f = h5py.File(data_dir+fname, 'r')