diff --git a/src/engine.h b/src/engine.h
index cd0dd45e2712601d36f2fca7ae4e09bb98376a9d..1aa0c304829908b2a70c9c53c7970da3931ff721 100644
--- a/src/engine.h
+++ b/src/engine.h
@@ -690,7 +690,6 @@ void engine_allocate_foreign_particles(struct engine *e, const int fof);
void engine_print_stats(struct engine *e);
void engine_io(struct engine *e);
void engine_io_check_snapshot_triggers(struct engine *e);
-void engine_io_verify_triggers_size(const struct engine *e);
void engine_collect_end_of_step(struct engine *e, int apply);
void engine_collect_end_of_sub_cycle(struct engine *e);
void engine_dump_snapshot(struct engine *e);
diff --git a/src/engine_config.c b/src/engine_config.c
index f47594101c60e3efddb1d6969bf705bd81a6c650..e6b028fdee2ab2bbbea1a29b77d268a4def3095c 100644
--- a/src/engine_config.c
+++ b/src/engine_config.c
@@ -613,10 +613,6 @@ void engine_config(int restart, int fof, struct engine *e,
/* Read (or re-read the list of outputs */
engine_init_output_lists(e, params, e->output_options);
- /* Verify that the snapshot triggers are compatible with the
- * output list */
- engine_io_verify_triggers_size(e);
-
/* Check whether output quantities make sense */
if (e->policy & engine_policy_cosmology) {
diff --git a/src/engine_io.c b/src/engine_io.c
index 4dcab578a92c3d823062f376622b92d837e821a5..c8e86f4ee8bd451469d0d7de15e38f9730def089 100644
--- a/src/engine_io.c
+++ b/src/engine_io.c
@@ -1449,147 +1449,3 @@ void engine_io_check_snapshot_triggers(struct engine *e) {
}
}
}
-
-void check_triggers(const struct engine *e, const double snapshot_delta) {
-
- return;
-
- /* Verify the part triggers */
- for (int i = 0; i < num_snapshot_triggers_part; ++i) {
- if (e->snapshot_recording_triggers_part[i] > snapshot_delta) {
- error(
- "The recording time for the part trigger %d (dt=%e) is longer "
- "than the time between snapshots (dt=%e)",
- i, e->snapshot_recording_triggers_part[i], snapshot_delta);
- }
- }
-
- /* Verify the spart triggers */
- for (int i = 0; i < num_snapshot_triggers_spart; ++i) {
- if (e->snapshot_recording_triggers_spart[i] > snapshot_delta) {
- error(
- "The recording time for the spart trigger %d (dt=%e) is longer "
- "than the time between snapshots (dt=%e)",
- i, e->snapshot_recording_triggers_spart[i], snapshot_delta);
- }
- }
-
- /* Verify the bpart triggers */
- for (int i = 0; i < num_snapshot_triggers_bpart; ++i) {
- if (e->snapshot_recording_triggers_bpart[i] > snapshot_delta) {
- error(
- "The recording time for the bpart trigger %d (dt=%e) is longer "
- "than the time between snapshots (dt=%e)",
- i, e->snapshot_recording_triggers_bpart[i], snapshot_delta);
- }
- }
-}
-
-/**
- * @brief Verify that the triggers provided by the user are not
- * overlapping with the snapshot times.
- *
- * Deals witht the case of a regular snapshot pattern and output list.
- *
- * @param e The #engine.
- */
-void engine_io_verify_triggers_size(const struct engine *e) {
-
- /* Stop if we have nothing to do */
- if (num_snapshot_triggers_part == 0 && num_snapshot_triggers_spart == 0 &&
- num_snapshot_triggers_bpart == 0)
- return;
-
- if (e->output_list_snapshots) {
-
- /* Case where an output list is used */
-
- if (e->policy & engine_policy_cosmology) {
-
- /* Loop over all the snapshot gaps */
- for (size_t i = 0; i < e->output_list_snapshots->size - 1; ++i) {
-
- const double a = e->output_list_snapshots->times[i];
- const double a_next = e->output_list_snapshots->times[i + 1];
-
- const double snapshot_delta =
- cosmology_get_delta_time_from_scale_factors(e->cosmology, a,
- a_next);
- /* Do the verification */
- check_triggers(e, snapshot_delta);
- }
-
- /* Also verify what happens before the first snapshot */
- const double snapshot_delta_first =
- cosmology_get_delta_time_from_scale_factors(
- e->cosmology, e->time_begin, e->output_list_snapshots->times[0]);
-
- /* Do the verification */
- check_triggers(e, snapshot_delta_first);
-
- } else {
-
- /* Loop over all the snapshot gaps */
- for (size_t i = 0; i < e->output_list_snapshots->size - 1; ++i) {
-
- const double time = e->output_list_snapshots->times[i];
- const double time_next = e->output_list_snapshots->times[i + 1];
-
- const double snapshot_delta = time_next - time;
-
- /* Do the verification */
- check_triggers(e, snapshot_delta);
- }
-
- /* Also verify what happens before the first snapshot */
- const double snapshot_delta_first =
- e->output_list_snapshots->times[0] - e->time_begin;
-
- /* Do the verification */
- check_triggers(e, snapshot_delta_first);
- }
-
- } else {
-
- /* Case where we have a regular pattern */
-
- if (e->policy & engine_policy_cosmology) {
-
- /* Loop over all the snapshot gaps */
- for (double a = e->a_first_snapshot; a <= e->time_end;
- a *= e->delta_time_snapshot) {
-
- const double a_next = a * e->delta_time_snapshot;
- const double snapshot_delta =
- cosmology_get_delta_time_from_scale_factors(e->cosmology, a,
- a_next);
-
- /* Do the verification */
- check_triggers(e, snapshot_delta);
- }
-
- /* Also verify what happens before the first snapshot */
- const double snapshot_delta_first =
- cosmology_get_delta_time_from_scale_factors(
- e->cosmology, e->time_begin, e->a_first_snapshot);
-
- /* Do the verification */
- check_triggers(e, snapshot_delta_first);
-
- } else {
-
- /* Simplest case: the delta is constant */
- const double snapshot_delta = e->delta_time_snapshot;
-
- /* Do the verification */
- check_triggers(e, snapshot_delta);
-
- /* Also verify what happens before the first snapshot */
- const double snapshot_delta_first =
- e->time_first_snapshot - e->time_begin;
-
- /* Do the verification */
- check_triggers(e, snapshot_delta_first);
- }
- }
-}