diff --git a/output_cyclus_recent.txt b/output_cyclus_recent.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 582f3de..0000000
--- a/output_cyclus_recent.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-Fuel library name: extLWR
-Batches: 3
-libcheck: 0
-Leakage: 0.966
-Burnup calculation timestep: 40 [days]
-Flux calculation method: 2
-
-|Thermal disadvantage calculation:
-| Fuel radius: 0.4095 [cm]
-| Moderator radius: 0.70749 [cm]
-| Moderator Sigma_a: 0.222 [cm-1]
-| Moderator Sigma_s: 3.44 [cm-1]
-| Fuel Sigma_s: 0.43 [cm-1]
-
-Base flux: 1.08694e-322
-Base power: 1000
-Base mass: 750
-
-
diff --git a/src/burnupcalc.cpp b/src/burnupcalc.cpp
index f356f5e..33c216a 100644
--- a/src/burnupcalc.cpp
+++ b/src/burnupcalc.cpp
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ fuelBundle burnupcalc(fuelBundle core, int mode, int DA_mode, double delta) {
     //cout << "Discharge burnup: " << burnup << endl;
 
     /************************output file*********************************/
-    std::ofstream outfile;
+    /*std::ofstream outfile;
     outfile.open("../output_cyclus_recent.txt", std::ios::app);
 
     outfile << "Discharge burnup: " << burnup;
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ fuelBundle burnupcalc(fuelBundle core, int mode, int DA_mode, double delta) {
 
     outfile << "\r\n";
 
-    outfile.close();
+    outfile.close();*/
     /************************End of output file**************************/
 
 
diff --git a/src/reactor_facility.cc b/src/reactor_facility.cc
index 1fbcb2e..eaef2ce 100644
--- a/src/reactor_facility.cc
+++ b/src/reactor_facility.cc
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void ReactorFacility::Tick() {
         }*/
 
 /************************output file*********************************/
-        std::ofstream outfile("../output_cyclus_recent.txt");
+        /*std::ofstream outfile("../output_cyclus_recent.txt");
 
         outfile << "Fuel library name: " << fuel_library_.name << "\r\n";
         outfile << "Batches: " << batches << "\r\n";
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void ReactorFacility::Tick() {
         outfile << "Base power: " << fuel_library_.base_power << "\r\n";
         outfile << "Base mass: " << fuel_library_.base_mass << "\r\n\r\n\r\n";
 
-        outfile.close();
+        outfile.close();*/
 /************************End of output file*********************************/
 
         //read list of isotopes for conversion ratio calculation
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ void ReactorFacility::AcceptMatlTrades(const std::vector< std::pair<cyclus::Trad
                 cyclus::CompMap::iterator cit;
 
         /************************output file*********************************/
-                std::ofstream outfile;
+                /*std::ofstream outfile;
                 outfile.open("../output_cyclus_recent.txt", std::ios::app);
                 outfile << "Composition of fresh batch:\r\n";