diff --git a/slsDetectorServers/slsDetectorServer/src/programFpgaBlackfin.c b/slsDetectorServers/slsDetectorServer/src/programFpgaBlackfin.c
index 90e20dee7..bb63d882f 100644
--- a/slsDetectorServers/slsDetectorServer/src/programFpgaBlackfin.c
+++ b/slsDetectorServers/slsDetectorServer/src/programFpgaBlackfin.c
@@ -176,18 +176,7 @@ int getDrive(char *mess) {
 
 int openFileForFlash(FILE **flashfd, FILE **srcfd, char *mess) {
     FPGAdontTouchFlash();
-    {
-        char cmd[MAX_STR_LENGTH] = {0};
-        char retvals[MAX_STR_LENGTH] = {0};
-        strcpy(cmd, "ls -lrt /var/tmp/");
-        if (FAIL == executeCommand(cmd, retvals, logINFOBLUE)) {
-            strcpy(mess, "Could not program fpga. Could not delete old file: ");
-            strncat(mess, retvals, sizeof(mess) - strlen(mess) - 1);
-            strcat(mess, "\n");
-            LOG(logERROR, (mess));
-            return FAIL;
-        }
-    }
+
     // open src file
     *srcfd = fopen(TEMP_PROG_FILE_NAME, "r");
     if (*srcfd == NULL) {