diff --git a/src/USER-NETCDF/dump_netcdf.cpp b/src/USER-NETCDF/dump_netcdf.cpp
index fa222f54c1..16cbc64525 100644
--- a/src/USER-NETCDF/dump_netcdf.cpp
+++ b/src/USER-NETCDF/dump_netcdf.cpp
@@ -325,18 +325,6 @@ void DumpNetCDF::openfile()
 
       // variables specified in the input file
       for (int i = 0; i < n_perat; i++) {
-        nc_type xtype;
-
-        // Type mangling
-        if (vtype[perat[i].field[0]] == INT) {
-          xtype = NC_INT;
-        } else {
-          if (double_precision)
-            xtype = NC_DOUBLE;
-          else
-            xtype = NC_FLOAT;
-        }
-
         NCERRX( nc_inq_varid(ncid, perat[i].name, &perat[i].var),
                 perat[i].name );
       }
diff --git a/src/USER-NETCDF/dump_netcdf_mpiio.cpp b/src/USER-NETCDF/dump_netcdf_mpiio.cpp
index 7b1103bb71..d0090492e4 100644
--- a/src/USER-NETCDF/dump_netcdf_mpiio.cpp
+++ b/src/USER-NETCDF/dump_netcdf_mpiio.cpp
@@ -321,19 +321,6 @@ void DumpNetCDFMPIIO::openfile()
 
     // variables specified in the input file
     for (int i = 0; i < n_perat; i++) {
-      nc_type xtype;
-
-      // Type mangling
-      if (vtype[perat[i].field[0]] == INT) {
-        xtype = NC_INT;
-      }
-      else {
-        if (double_precision)
-          xtype = NC_DOUBLE;
-        else
-          xtype = NC_FLOAT;
-      }
-
       NCERRX( ncmpi_inq_varid(ncid, perat[i].name, &perat[i].var),
               perat[i].name );
     }