diff --git a/modules/util/acspo_validate.py b/modules/util/acspo_validate.py
index d3fff2e347f422c160b688cb9e8f48a34fd23e49..8247b410204ff791bb4e256a19e5ef3347f1724d 100644
--- a/modules/util/acspo_validate.py
+++ b/modules/util/acspo_validate.py
@@ -95,10 +95,6 @@ def acspo_validate(oper_file, cspp_file, rel_tol=0.001, outfile_nc=None):
     overlap_shape = lon_cspp.shape
     print('overlap shape, size: ', overlap_shape, np.size(lon_cspp))
 
-    # check lon/lat arrays ------------------------------------
-    print('num of close overlap lons: ', np.sum(np.isclose(lon_cspp, lon_oper, rtol=rel_tol)))
-    print('num of close overlap lats: ', np.sum(np.isclose(lat_cspp, lat_oper, rtol=rel_tol)))
-
     # sst_cspp_2d = np.where(cspp_clear, sst_cspp_2d, np.nan)
     # sst_oper_2d = np.where(oper_clear, sst_oper_2d, np.nan)