diff --git a/source/adios2/engine/hdf5/HDF5Common.cpp b/source/adios2/engine/hdf5/HDF5Common.cpp
index b78f421de6468ccb705fe9f8cb11c21736252375..cb7cb366be902000f7371dcd15dd9eca22bcc199 100644
--- a/source/adios2/engine/hdf5/HDF5Common.cpp
+++ b/source/adios2/engine/hdf5/HDF5Common.cpp
@@ -198,18 +198,12 @@ void HDF5Common::CheckWriteGroup()
                             H5P_DEFAULT);
 }
 
+#ifdef NEVER
 template <class T>
 void HDF5Common::ReadMe(Variable<T> &variable, T *data_array, hid_t h5type)
 {
     hid_t datasetID = H5Dopen(m_Group_id, variable.m_Name.c_str(), H5P_DEFAULT);
 
-#ifdef NEVER
-    if (_mpi_rank == 0)
-    {
-        std::cout << " hdf5 reading variable: " << variable.m_Name
-                  << " timestep: " << m_CurrentTimeStep << std::endl;
-    }
-#endif
 
     if (datasetID < 0)
     {
@@ -286,4 +280,5 @@ void HDF5Common::ReadMe(Variable<T> &variable, T *data_array, hid_t h5type)
     H5Sclose(filespace);
     H5Dclose(datasetID);
 }
+#endif
 }
diff --git a/source/adios2/engine/hdf5/HDF5Common.h b/source/adios2/engine/hdf5/HDF5Common.h
index bee0b456cc662a00e0509eefce18205a25d9eba4..19b405fa93dfd1f5404152f926d019a4a1a4d7a0 100644
--- a/source/adios2/engine/hdf5/HDF5Common.h
+++ b/source/adios2/engine/hdf5/HDF5Common.h
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ public:
     int GetNumTimeSteps();
     void WriteTimeSteps();
 
-    template <class T>
-    void ReadMe(Variable<T> &variable, T *data_array, hid_t h5type);
+    //template <class T>
+    //void ReadMe(Variable<T> &variable, T *data_array, hid_t h5type);
 
     // void ReadFromHDF5(const char* name, void* data_array);
 
diff --git a/source/adios2/engine/hdf5/HDF5ReaderP.cpp b/source/adios2/engine/hdf5/HDF5ReaderP.cpp
index ee97670ae52a9066c7f74d8d5eaadda3f17b26fe..1d7102f23a3edcf5bfe0b7abe40c6c803a412e22 100644
--- a/source/adios2/engine/hdf5/HDF5ReaderP.cpp
+++ b/source/adios2/engine/hdf5/HDF5ReaderP.cpp
@@ -143,65 +143,6 @@ HDF5Reader::InquireVariableDouble(const std::string &variableName, const bool)
         std::cout << " ... I saw total timesteps: " << totalts << std::endl;
     }
 
-    while (true)
-    {
-        double values[1];
-        UseHDFRead(variableName, values, H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
-        Variable<double> v =
-            m_ADIOS.DefineVariable<double>("junk", adios::Dims{8});
-        _H5File.ReadMe(v, values, H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
-
-        Variable<char> v1 =
-            m_ADIOS.DefineVariable<char>("junk1", adios::Dims{8});
-
-        char vv1[1];
-        _H5File.ReadMe(v1, vv1, H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
-
-        Variable<unsigned char> v2 =
-            m_ADIOS.DefineVariable<unsigned char>("junk2", adios::Dims{8});
-        unsigned char vv2[1];
-        _H5File.ReadMe(v2, vv2, H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR);
-
-        Variable<unsigned int> v3 =
-            m_ADIOS.DefineVariable<unsigned int>("junk3", adios::Dims{8});
-        unsigned int vv3[1];
-        _H5File.ReadMe(v3, vv3, H5T_NATIVE_UINT);
-
-        Variable<int> v4 = m_ADIOS.DefineVariable<int>("junk4", adios::Dims{8});
-        int vv4[1];
-        _H5File.ReadMe(v4, vv4, H5T_NATIVE_INT);
-
-        Variable<float> v5 =
-            m_ADIOS.DefineVariable<float>("junk5", adios::Dims{8});
-        float vv5[1];
-        _H5File.ReadMe(v5, vv5, H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT);
-
-        Variable<short> v6 =
-            m_ADIOS.DefineVariable<short>("junk6", adios::Dims{8});
-        short vv6[1];
-        _H5File.ReadMe(v6, vv6, H5T_NATIVE_SHORT);
-
-        Variable<unsigned short> v7 =
-            m_ADIOS.DefineVariable<unsigned short>("junk7", adios::Dims{8});
-        unsigned short vv7[1];
-        _H5File.ReadMe(v7, vv7, H5T_NATIVE_USHORT);
-
-        Variable<long> v8 =
-            m_ADIOS.DefineVariable<long>("junk8", adios::Dims{8});
-        long vv8[1];
-        _H5File.ReadMe(v8, vv8, H5T_NATIVE_LONG);
-
-        Variable<unsigned long> v9 =
-            m_ADIOS.DefineVariable<unsigned long>("junk9", adios::Dims{8});
-        unsigned long vv9[1];
-        _H5File.ReadMe(v9, vv9, H5T_NATIVE_ULONG);
-
-        if (_H5File.m_CurrentTimeStep >= totalts - 1)
-        {
-            break;
-        }
-        _H5File.H5_Advance(totalts);
-    }
     return NULL;
 }