diff --git a/modules/amv/aeolus.py b/modules/amv/aeolus.py
index bc72a3584fda93632632e5c95dca166ad82ac19a..7c68b246598c17fd5d4d150b0298597106ef7c89 100644
--- a/modules/amv/aeolus.py
+++ b/modules/amv/aeolus.py
@@ -545,71 +545,6 @@ def get_grid_values(h5f, grid_name, scale_factor_name='scale_factor', add_offset
     return grd_vals
 
 
-# assume profile height obs monotonic decreasing
-# def get_aeolus_prof_dict(filename, min_num_levs=10, rcvch=0, ll2bct=1):
-#     prof_dict = {}
-#
-#     with open(filename) as file:
-#         last_hgt = None
-#         last_sgn = None
-#         prof = []
-#         idx = 0
-#         key = None
-#         for line in file:
-#             toks = line.split()
-#
-#             lat = float(toks[1])
-#             lon = float(toks[2])
-#             yr = int(float(toks[3]))
-#             mon = int(float(toks[4]))
-#             dy = int(float(toks[5]))
-#             hr = int(float(toks[6]))
-#             mn = int(float(toks[7]))
-#             az = float(toks[8])
-#             ws = float(toks[9])
-#             ws_err = float(toks[10])
-#             hgt = float(toks[11])
-#             conf = float(toks[13])
-#             ch = float(toks[15])
-#             clr = float(toks[16])
-#
-#             #if not (conf == 0 and ch == rcvch and clr == ll2bct and hgt > 0):
-#             if not (hgt > 0):
-#                 continue
-#
-#             tup = (lat, lon, az, ws, ws_err, hgt, ch, clr)
-#
-#             # start: sign of delta hgt changes
-#             if last_hgt is not None:
-#                 sgn = 1 if hgt - last_hgt >= 0 else -1
-#
-#             if (last_hgt is None) or (sgn != last_sgn and sgn == 1):
-#                 if len(prof) >= min_num_levs:
-#                     nda = np.array(prof)
-#                     nda[:, 2] = azimuth_to_met(nda[:, 2])
-#                     prof_dict[key] = nda
-#
-#                 # ---- reset key make a new profile obj
-#                 dto = datetime.datetime(year=yr, month=mon, day=dy, hour=hr, minute=mn)
-#                 dto = dto.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
-#                 timestamp = dto.timestamp()
-#                 key = (idx, timestamp)
-#                 idx += 1
-#                 prof = []
-#
-#             if last_hgt is not None:
-#                 last_sgn = sgn
-#
-#             last_hgt = hgt
-#
-#             # if conf == 0 and ch == rcvch and clr == ll2bct:
-#             prof.append(tup)
-#
-#         file.close()
-#
-#     return prof_dict
-
-
 def analyze_aelolus_cld_layers(cld_layer_dct):
     keys = list(cld_layer_dct.keys())