diff --git a/modules/io/src/mol/mmcif_writer.cc b/modules/io/src/mol/mmcif_writer.cc
index 264f056757df2cbb65cc83c1b8c0a0f226bfc724..022eda6ad05e06465c68cabaefbf91b24dfdf1f2 100644
--- a/modules/io/src/mol/mmcif_writer.cc
+++ b/modules/io/src/mol/mmcif_writer.cc
@@ -1322,8 +1322,6 @@ void MMCifWriter::SetStructure(const ost::mol::EntityView& ent,
                                conop::CompoundLibPtr compound_lib,
                                bool mmcif_conform,
                                const std::vector<MMCifWriterEntity>& entity_info) {
-
-
   this->Setup();
   entity_info_ = entity_info;
   ProcessEnt(ent, compound_lib, mmcif_conform, entity_info_,
diff --git a/modules/io/src/mol/mmcif_writer.hh b/modules/io/src/mol/mmcif_writer.hh
index 25f20f5db9215c128fd30e3a070a7a61632bba68..50d7d8908522bb5f4e0ede39782e3adfbe6a12e4 100644
--- a/modules/io/src/mol/mmcif_writer.hh
+++ b/modules/io/src/mol/mmcif_writer.hh
@@ -91,12 +91,6 @@ struct MMCifWriterEntity {
   std::vector<std::vector<String> > asym_alns; 
 };
 
-
-struct MMCifWriterComp {
-  String type;
-};
-
-
 class DLLEXPORT_OST_IO MMCifWriter : public StarWriter {
 public: