diff --git a/modules/deeplearning/srcnn_l1b_l2.py b/modules/deeplearning/srcnn_l1b_l2.py
index 208104ffc5436397f766f5318e71954b431ace6a..a54e5abe5389f7ea8430f51432866cc5f89c7c4d 100644
--- a/modules/deeplearning/srcnn_l1b_l2.py
+++ b/modules/deeplearning/srcnn_l1b_l2.py
@@ -653,15 +653,6 @@ class SRCNN:
         return self.do_evaluate(nda_lr, param, ckpt_dir)
 
 
-def prepare(param_idx=1, filename='/Users/tomrink/data_valid_40.npy'):
-    nda = np.load(filename)
-    #nda = nda[:, param_idx, :, :]
-    nda_lr = nda[:, param_idx, x_134_2, y_134_2]
-    # nda_lr = resample(x_70, y_70, nda, x_70_2, y_70_2)
-    nda_lr = np.expand_dims(nda_lr, axis=3)
-    return nda_lr
-
-
 def run_evaluate_static(in_file, out_file, ckpt_dir):
     nda = np.load(in_file)