diff --git a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
index 08c77365d7dc02b0b859e12fc81b046c16635181..2172c92001634f724e712dc77399ce2758f92483 100644
--- a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
+++ b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
@@ -78,12 +78,10 @@ def keep_tile(param_s, tile):
 
 def process_cld_prob(param_s, tile):
     k = param_s.index('cloud_probability')
-    # grd_k = tile[k, ].flatten().copy()
     grd_k = tile[k,].copy()
     keep = np.invert(np.isnan(grd_k))
     total = np.sum(keep)
     if total == 0:
-    # if total != grd_k.size:
         return None
 
     grd_k = np.where(np.logical_and(keep, grd_k < 0.5), 0.0, 1.0)