diff --git a/val_sim.py b/val_sim.py
index 0091a9a43ad15b9d0baf9be042808cc3b79b2927..f38741313b639e21f6a8ee1d278df571a227891d 100644
--- a/val_sim.py
+++ b/val_sim.py
@@ -57,5 +57,3 @@ output = {"dates" : dates,
 		"var99" : var99_list
 		}
 
-output = json.dumps(output)
-