diff --git a/modules/util/gfs_reader.py b/modules/util/gfs_reader.py
index 3ac5bc78167ed44552a05091c27c181def04fe3c..e7cea8f3c99e7266429f01735e066b09077b19d7 100644
--- a/modules/util/gfs_reader.py
+++ b/modules/util/gfs_reader.py
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ def get_bounding_gfs_files(timestamp):
     ftimes = []
     for pname in filelist:  # TODO: make better with regular expressions (someday)
         fname = os.path.split(pname)[1]
-        # toks = fname.split('.')
-        # tstr = toks[1].split('_')[0]
-        # dto = datetime.datetime.strptime(tstr, gfs_date_format+'%H').replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
         ftimes.append(get_timestamp(fname))
 
     tarr = np.array(ftimes)