diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/commonFiles/error_defs.h b/slsDetectorSoftware/commonFiles/error_defs.h
index 7253945bc..8bdce3f6e 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/commonFiles/error_defs.h
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/commonFiles/error_defs.h
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ using namespace std;
 #define COULD_NOT_PULSE_PIXEL_NMOVE			0x0000000000080000ULL
 #define COULD_NOT_PULSE_CHIP				0x0000000000100000ULL
 #define COULD_NOT_SET_RATE_CORRECTION		0x0000000000200000ULL
-#define RATE_CORRECTION_TAU_SUBEXPOSURE		0x0000000000400000ULL
-#define DETECTOR_NETWORK_PARAMETER			0x0000000000800000ULL
+#define DETECTOR_NETWORK_PARAMETER			0x0000000000400000ULL
 
 //											0x00000000FFFFFFFFULL
 /** @short class returning all error messages for error mask */
@@ -188,9 +187,6 @@ public:
 		if(slsErrorMask&COULD_NOT_SET_RATE_CORRECTION)
 			retval.append("Could not set rate correction\n");
 
-		if(slsErrorMask&RATE_CORRECTION_TAU_SUBEXPOSURE)
-			retval.append("Rate Correction Deactivated: (tau/subexptime) must be less than 0.0015\n");
-
 		if(slsErrorMask&DETECTOR_NETWORK_PARAMETER)
 			retval.append("Could not set/get detector network parameter\n");
 
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/eigerDetectorServer/slsDetectorFunctionList.c b/slsDetectorSoftware/eigerDetectorServer/slsDetectorFunctionList.c
index 3ea6aa8fd..798a39f65 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/eigerDetectorServer/slsDetectorFunctionList.c
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/eigerDetectorServer/slsDetectorFunctionList.c
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ int64_t setRateCorrection(int64_t custom_tau_in_nsec){//in nanosec (will never b
 		if(ret<=0){
 			cprintf(RED,"Rate correction failed. Deactivating rate correction\n");
 			Feb_Control_SetRateCorrectionVariable(0);
-			return ret;//-1 is for tau/subexptime error, 0 for all other errors
+			return ret;
 		}
 	}
 	//activating rate correction
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.cpp b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.cpp
index 25aa9973c..fcf47da2a 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.cpp
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.cpp
@@ -5066,8 +5066,6 @@ int slsDetector::setRateCorrection(double t){
 					controlSocket->ReceiveDataOnly(mess,sizeof(mess));
 					std::cout<< "Detector returned error: " << mess << std::endl;
 					setErrorMask((getErrorMask())|(COULD_NOT_SET_RATE_CORRECTION));
-					if(strcasestr(mess,"tau/subexptime"))
-						setErrorMask((getErrorMask())|(RATE_CORRECTION_TAU_SUBEXPOSURE));
 				}
 				disconnectControl();
 				if (ret==FORCE_UPDATE)
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorServer/slsDetectorServer_funcs.c b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorServer/slsDetectorServer_funcs.c
index 052a336d2..2b3bbd7cb 100755
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorServer/slsDetectorServer_funcs.c
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorServer/slsDetectorServer_funcs.c
@@ -1969,8 +1969,6 @@ int set_module(int file_des) {
 				else if (getRateCorrectionEnable()){
 					int64_t retvalTau = setRateCorrection(myTau); //myTau will not be -1 here
 					if(myTau != retvalTau){
-						if(retvalTau == -1)
-							strcat(mess," Rate correction Deactivated, (tau/subexptime) must be < 0.0015\n");
 						cprintf(RED,"%s",mess);
 						ret=FAIL;
 					}