diff --git a/src/damask_hdf5.f90 b/src/damask_hdf5.f90
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-module HDF5_io
-  use prec
-  use IO
-  use hdf5
-
-contains
-
-subroutine HDF5_init(filename, total_inc, total_time)
-  integer(pInt), intent(in) :: total_inc
-  real(pReal),   intent(in) :: total_time
-
-  write(6,*) 'pretend to write something'
-
-end subroutine HDF5_init
-
-end module HDF5_io
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