diff --git a/src/MNH/compute_r00.f90 b/src/MNH/compute_r00.f90
index b31a7a65961f5d2fb407fc7036fd0d0319903960..e7ab5e32a99ef6a8d6c42077e91dbb8d46a3f127 100644
--- a/src/MNH/compute_r00.f90
+++ b/src/MNH/compute_r00.f90
@@ -162,8 +162,7 @@ ENDIF
 !have been reinitialized 
 NFILES=0
 DO JFILECUR=IFILECUR+1,100
-  IF (LEN_TRIM(CFILES(JFILECUR)) /= 0 .AND.        &
-      CFILES_STA(JFILECUR) == 'INIT_SV') THEN
+  IF (LEN_TRIM(CFILES(JFILECUR)) /= 0) THEN
     NFILES= NFILES +1 
     NBRFILES(NFILES)=JFILECUR       ! contains the number of the files where
                                     ! the Lag. tracers have been restarted
diff --git a/src/MNH/diag.f90 b/src/MNH/diag.f90
index 12b94a11d3dfa2f059a8f89bd2bc4897320cb635..42a04b4aace6afd6e59035a43b90ff403ca3da77 100644
--- a/src/MNH/diag.f90
+++ b/src/MNH/diag.f90
@@ -359,7 +359,6 @@ YSUFFIX='_DIAG'
 !
 CFILES(:) = '                         '
 NSTART_SUPP(:) = NUNDEF
-CFILES_STA(:) = 'INIT_SV'
 !
 LLIDAR=.FALSE.
 CVIEW_LIDAR='NADIR'
diff --git a/src/MNH/modd_sto_file.f90 b/src/MNH/modd_sto_file.f90
index 953bf0495903ee8dc9f7808a5bedcaa0142c188c..9016233244e6a8b1307ab6a6f1bcc0adf6911e17 100644
--- a/src/MNH/modd_sto_file.f90
+++ b/src/MNH/modd_sto_file.f90
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 MODULE MODD_STO_FILE
 !################
 CHARACTER (LEN=28), SAVE :: CFILES(100)       ! names of the files to be treated
-CHARACTER (LEN=28), SAVE :: CFILES_STA(100)   ! status of these files 'INIT_SV'
-                                              ! if a restart of the lagrangian
-                                              ! tracers has been performed
 INTEGER           , SAVE :: NSTART_SUPP(100)  ! supplementary starts 
                                               ! for the lagrangian trajectories 
 !