Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/qmu/preqmu.m
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--- /issm/trunk/src/m/qmu/preqmu.m	(revision 9559)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/qmu/preqmu.m	(revision 9560)
@@ -99,5 +99,4 @@
 
 %register the fields that will be needed by the Qmu model.
-md.numberofvariables=numvariables;
 md.numberofresponses=numresponses;
 md.variabledescriptors=variabledescriptors;
Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/qmu/qmumarshall.m
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--- /issm/trunk/src/m/qmu/qmumarshall.m	(revision 9559)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/qmu/qmumarshall.m	(revision 9560)
@@ -22,5 +22,4 @@
 
 %deal with variables
-WriteData(fid,md.numberofvariables,'Integer','numberofvariables');
 WriteData(fid,md.numvariabledescriptors,'Integer','numvariabledescriptors');
 for i=1:md.numvariabledescriptors,