diff --git a/slsDetectorServers/mythen3DetectorServer/slsDetectorFunctionList.c b/slsDetectorServers/mythen3DetectorServer/slsDetectorFunctionList.c
index 95079a613..d95875dfd 100644
--- a/slsDetectorServers/mythen3DetectorServer/slsDetectorFunctionList.c
+++ b/slsDetectorServers/mythen3DetectorServer/slsDetectorFunctionList.c
@@ -2094,9 +2094,6 @@ void *start_timer(void *arg) {
             break;
         }
     }
-    for (int i = 0; i < imagesize; i += sizeof(uint8_t)) {
-        *((uint8_t *)(imageData + i)) = i;
-    }
 
     // Send data
     // loop over number of frames