diff --git a/src/arome/micro/modd_refaro.F90 b/src/arome/micro/modd_refaro.F90
index 5d04ef439413f81cd47282608b4d645c7bb96875..c616ef13dad178f46223127c4c1d187ebc5e9242 100644
--- a/src/arome/micro/modd_refaro.F90
+++ b/src/arome/micro/modd_refaro.F90
@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@ IMPLICIT NONE
 !  set to constant value 300k for AROME
 REAL,SAVE, DIMENSION(2) :: XTHVREFZ=300.     ! Thetav(z) for reference
                                              ! state without orography
+LOGICAL, SAVE   ::LCOUPLES ! AUTOCOUPLED ATMS-OCEAN LES VERSION
 !
 END MODULE MODD_REF
diff --git a/src/common/aux/modd_ref.F90 b/src/common/aux/modd_ref.F90
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d1e6025ba5ac880c2d388e7adfe3be615ad2099..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/common/aux/modd_ref.F90
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-!MNH_LIC Copyright 1994-2021 CNRS, Meteo-France and Universite Paul Sabatier
-!MNH_LIC This is part of the Meso-NH software governed by the CeCILL-C licence
-!MNH_LIC version 1. See LICENSE, CeCILL-C_V1-en.txt and CeCILL-C_V1-fr.txt
-!MNH_LIC for details. version 1.
-!-----------------------------------------------------------------
-!     ###############
-      MODULE MODD_REF
-!     ###############
-!
-!!****  *MODD_REF* - declaration of reference state  profile
-!!
-!!    PURPOSE
-!!    -------
-!       The purpose of this declarative module is to declare  the vertical
-!     profile of  the reference state, used for the anelastic 
-!     approximation. 
-!
-!!
-!!**  IMPLICIT ARGUMENTS
-!!    ------------------
-!!      None 
-!!
-!!    REFERENCE
-!!    ---------
-!!      Book2 of documentation of Meso-NH (module MODD_REF)
-!!      Technical Specifications Report of the Meso-NH (chapters 2 and 3)
-!!
-!!    AUTHOR
-!!    ------
-!!	V. Ducrocq   *Meteo France*
-!!
-!!    MODIFICATIONS
-!!    -------------
-!!      Original   07/06/94   
-!!                    07/13 (C.Lac) Add LBOUSS
-!!  Philippe Wautelet: 05/2016-04/2018: new data structures and calls for I/O
-!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-!
-!*       0.   DECLARATIONS
-!             ------------
-!
-IMPLICIT NONE
-!          
-REAL,SAVE, DIMENSION(:), ALLOCATABLE, TARGET :: XRHODREFZ ! rhod(z) for reference
-                                             ! state without orography
-REAL,SAVE, DIMENSION(:), ALLOCATABLE, TARGET :: XTHVREFZ  ! Thetav(z) for reference
-                                             ! state without orography    
-REAL,SAVE                            :: XEXNTOP   ! Exner function at model top 
-!
-! For coupled A-O case
-REAL,SAVE, DIMENSION(:), ALLOCATABLE, TARGET :: XRHODREFZO! rhod(z) for ocean ref state in coupled mode
-REAL,SAVE, DIMENSION(:), ALLOCATABLE, TARGET :: XTHVREFZO !Thetav(z) for ocean ref state in coupled mode
-REAL,SAVE                            :: XEXNTOPO   ! Exner function at ocean  model top in coupled mode
-!
-LOGICAL, SAVE                        :: LBOUSS    ! Boussinesq approximation
-LOGICAL, SAVE   ::LCOUPLES ! AUTOCOUPLED ATMS-OCEAN LES VERSION
-! 
-END MODULE MODD_REF