diff --git a/src/CPFEM.f90 b/src/CPFEM.f90
index 9bf8c547c..3a7f35633 100644
--- a/src/CPFEM.f90
+++ b/src/CPFEM.f90
@@ -87,10 +87,8 @@ subroutine CPFEM_initAll(el,ip)
      call math_init
      call rotations_init
      call FE_init
-#ifdef DAMASK_HDF5
      call HDF5_utilities_init
      call results_init
-#endif
      call mesh_init(ip, el)
      call lattice_init
      call material_init
@@ -374,7 +372,6 @@ subroutine CPFEM_results(inc,time)
   integer(pInt), intent(in) :: inc
   real(pReal),   intent(in) :: time
 
-#ifdef DAMASK_HDF5
   call results_openJobFile
   call results_addIncrement(inc,time)
   call constitutive_results
@@ -382,7 +379,6 @@ subroutine CPFEM_results(inc,time)
   call homogenization_results
   call results_removeLink('current') ! ToDo: put this into closeJobFile
   call results_closeJobFile
-#endif
 
 end subroutine CPFEM_results
 
diff --git a/src/HDF5_utilities.f90 b/src/HDF5_utilities.f90
index e4819431e..c88afbf7d 100644
--- a/src/HDF5_utilities.f90
+++ b/src/HDF5_utilities.f90
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
 !> @author Martin Diehl, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 module HDF5_utilities
-#if defined(PETSc) || defined(DAMASK_HDF5)
   use HDF5
-#endif
 #ifdef PETSc
   use PETSC
 #endif
@@ -20,7 +18,6 @@ module HDF5_utilities
  implicit none
  public
 
-#if defined(PETSc) || defined(DAMASK_HDF5)
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 !> @brief reads integer or float data of defined shape from file                                    ! ToDo: order of arguments wrong
 !> @details for parallel IO, all dimension except for the last need to match
@@ -1928,6 +1925,5 @@ subroutine finalize_write(plist_id, dset_id, filespace_id, memspace_id)
   if (hdferr < 0) call IO_error(1,ext_msg='finalize_write: h5sclose_f/memspace_id')
 
 end subroutine finalize_write
-#endif
 
 end module HDF5_Utilities
diff --git a/src/constitutive.f90 b/src/constitutive.f90
index 4067c026a..f6e0054af 100644
--- a/src/constitutive.f90
+++ b/src/constitutive.f90
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ end function constitutive_postResults
 !> @brief writes constitutive results to HDF5 output file
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 subroutine constitutive_results
-#if defined(PETSc) || defined(DAMASK_HDF5)                                             
+
   integer :: p
   character(len=256) :: group
   do p=1,size(config_name_phase)
@@ -719,8 +719,8 @@ subroutine constitutive_results
         call plastic_nonlocal_results(phase_plasticityInstance(p),group) 
     end select
   
- enddo   
-#endif
+  enddo   
+
 end subroutine constitutive_results
 
 end module constitutive
diff --git a/src/crystallite.f90 b/src/crystallite.f90
index 292241001..e6e1473c4 100644
--- a/src/crystallite.f90
+++ b/src/crystallite.f90
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ end function crystallite_postResults
 !> @brief writes crystallite results to HDF5 output file
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 subroutine crystallite_results
-#if defined(PETSc) || defined(DAMASK_HDF5)
+
   integer :: p,o
   real(pReal),    allocatable, dimension(:,:,:) :: selected_tensors
   type(rotation), allocatable, dimension(:)     :: selected_rotations
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ subroutine crystallite_results
    enddo
    
  end function select_rotations
-#endif
+
 end subroutine crystallite_results
 
 
diff --git a/src/discretization.f90 b/src/discretization.f90
index 873148666..5f9d3f521 100644
--- a/src/discretization.f90
+++ b/src/discretization.f90
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ end subroutine discretization_init
 !> @brief write the displacements
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 subroutine discretization_results
-#if defined(PETSc) || defined(DAMASK_HDF5)
+
   real(pReal), dimension(:,:), allocatable :: u
   
   call results_closeGroup(results_addGroup(trim('current/geometry')))
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ subroutine discretization_results
   u = discretization_IPcoords &
     - discretization_IPcoords0
   call results_writeDataset('current/geometry',u,'u_c','cell center displacements','m')
-#endif
+
 end subroutine discretization_results
 
 
diff --git a/src/homogenization.f90 b/src/homogenization.f90
index 0112f9cf5..6c64f0fb5 100644
--- a/src/homogenization.f90
+++ b/src/homogenization.f90
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ end function postResults
 !> @brief writes homogenization results to HDF5 output file
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 subroutine homogenization_results
-#if defined(PETSc) || defined(DAMASK_HDF5)
+
   use material, only: &
     material_homogenization_type => homogenization_type
     
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ subroutine homogenization_results
     !                          '1st Piola-Kirchoff stress','Pa')  
 
  enddo   
-#endif
+
 end subroutine homogenization_results
 
 end module homogenization
diff --git a/src/homogenization_mech_RGC.f90 b/src/homogenization_mech_RGC.f90
index 61a1997cd..23e99c8c5 100644
--- a/src/homogenization_mech_RGC.f90
+++ b/src/homogenization_mech_RGC.f90
@@ -928,7 +928,6 @@ end subroutine mech_RGC_averageStressAndItsTangent
 !> @brief writes results to HDF5 output file
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 module subroutine mech_RGC_results(instance,group)
-#if defined(PETSc) || defined(DAMASK_HDF5)
 
   integer,          intent(in) :: instance
   character(len=*), intent(in) :: group
@@ -962,11 +961,6 @@ module subroutine mech_RGC_results(instance,group)
   enddo outputsLoop
   end associate
   
-#else
-  integer,          intent(in) :: instance
-  character(len=*), intent(in) :: group
-#endif
-
 end subroutine mech_RGC_results
 
 
diff --git a/src/material.f90 b/src/material.f90
index 8aeab5dec..9ebd00397 100644
--- a/src/material.f90
+++ b/src/material.f90
@@ -354,12 +354,10 @@ subroutine material_init
   call config_deallocate('material.config/microstructure')
   call config_deallocate('material.config/texture')
 
-#if defined(PETSc) || defined(DAMASK_HDF5)
   call results_openJobFile
   call results_mapping_constituent(material_phaseAt,material_phaseMemberAt,config_name_phase)
   call results_mapping_materialpoint(material_homogenizationAt,material_homogenizationMemberAt,config_name_homogenization)
   call results_closeJobFile
-#endif
 
 
 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
diff --git a/src/mesh_marc.f90 b/src/mesh_marc.f90
index f640baa72..aef15e6bf 100644
--- a/src/mesh_marc.f90
+++ b/src/mesh_marc.f90
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ subroutine writeGeometry(elemType, &
   real(pReal), dimension(:,:), allocatable :: &
     coordinates_temp
 
-#if defined(DAMASK_HDF5)
   call results_openJobFile
   call HDF5_closeGroup(results_addGroup('geometry'))
   
@@ -171,7 +170,6 @@ subroutine writeGeometry(elemType, &
                             'coordinates of the material points','m')
                       
   call results_closeJobFile
-#endif  
 
 end subroutine writeGeometry
 
diff --git a/src/results.f90 b/src/results.f90
index a7037a454..d38e629ec 100644
--- a/src/results.f90
+++ b/src/results.f90
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ module results
   implicit none
   private
   
-#if defined(PETSc) || defined(DAMASK_HDF5)
   integer(HID_T) :: resultsFile
 
   interface results_writeDataset
@@ -978,5 +977,4 @@ end subroutine results_mapping_materialpoint
 
 !end subroutine HDF5_mappingCells
 
-#endif
 end module results