diff --git a/src/mesonh/filesToSuppress.txt b/src/mesonh/filesToSuppress.txt
index ee29ebd257f19cce0af1666292d80c67987322ea..71a1b5ea24166866ae1750265b0c084abcc5638e 100644
--- a/src/mesonh/filesToSuppress.txt
+++ b/src/mesonh/filesToSuppress.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #This file contains the source codes that must not be included
 #for the model compilation. These codes already exist in the Meso-NH model
-#and are used outside of the physics
+#and are used outside of the physics, or are not useful for Meso-NH (i.e. for testsprogs only)
 # must be written with lower case .f90 (because prep_code already transformed it)
 
 aux/mode_msg.f90
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ aux/modi_gradient_u.f90
 aux/modi_gradient_v.f90
 aux/modi_gradient_w.f90
 aux/mode_io_field_write.f90
+aux/modi_ini_phyex.f90
+aux/ini_phyex.f90
 
 #old version of rain_ice
 micro/mode_rain_ice_old_fast_rg.f90
diff --git a/src/testprogs/rain_ice/main_rain_ice.F90 b/src/testprogs/rain_ice/main_rain_ice.F90
index 31ce55e040a42c511188faf207d02c2f24504f74..cce067f60e391a74ceec5a739082dca52905f0ce 100644
--- a/src/testprogs/rain_ice/main_rain_ice.F90
+++ b/src/testprogs/rain_ice/main_rain_ice.F90
@@ -206,9 +206,6 @@ JBLK2 =      (NGPBLKS * (ITID+1)) / NTID
     YLSTACK%L = 0
     YLSTACK%U = 0
 #endif
-print*,"PHYEX%MISC%OELEC = ",PHYEX%MISC%OELEC
-print*,"PHYEX%MISC%OSEDIM_BEARD = ",PHYEX%MISC%OSEDIM_BEARD
-print*,"ZTHVREFZIKB = ",ZTHVREFZIKB
 CALL RAIN_ICE (D, PHYEX%CST, PHYEX%PARAM_ICEN, PHYEX%RAIN_ICE_PARAMN, &
              & PHYEX%RAIN_ICE_DESCRN, PHYEX%ELEC_PARAM, PHYEX%ELEC_DESCR, &
              & PHYEX%MISC%TBUCONF, OELEC=PHYEX%MISC%OELEC, OSEDIM_BEARD=PHYEX%MISC%OSEDIM_BEARD, &