diff --git a/modules/deeplearning/amv_raob.py b/modules/deeplearning/amv_raob.py
index f9f9cc0119ac480451e9d64ad3c419746107d2ee..71d717e21b6773cadc03ac5d649af804805eb6b1 100644
--- a/modules/deeplearning/amv_raob.py
+++ b/modules/deeplearning/amv_raob.py
@@ -740,7 +740,6 @@ def get_images(lons, lats, timestamp, channel_list, half_width, step, do_norm=Fa
             return None, None, None, None
 
         # copy from archive to local drive
-        t0 = datetime.datetime.now().timestamp()
         local_path = fC
         if COPY_GOES:
             local_path = goes_cache_dir + '/' + os.path.split(fC)[1]