diff --git a/ews/coordinator/processor_epidemiology.py b/ews/coordinator/processor_epidemiology.py
index b9380fdcc946bcd699487978fab8643c4c8100cc..3be407f887cfa0f483014a216ef550d448ae1707 100644
--- a/ews/coordinator/processor_epidemiology.py
+++ b/ews/coordinator/processor_epidemiology.py
@@ -582,35 +582,16 @@ class ProcessorEpidemiology(ProcessorBase):
 
             for epiconf in config_epi['Epi']:
 
-                outfile = epiconf["infectionRasterFileName"]+'_progression.csv'
+                unit_description = ''
+                if epiconf.get('rescale_output_by_host_raster',False) is True:
+                    unit_description = '_per_ha_wheat'
+                outfile = f"{epiconf['infectionRasterFileName']}{unit_description}_progression.csv"
 
                 # load the full epi results
                 df_full = read_csv(outfile,header=[0],index_col=[0,1])
                 column_date_fmt = f"{config_epi['StartTimeShort']}_%Y%m%d%H%M"
                 df_full_dates = to_datetime(df_full.columns.astype('str'),format=column_date_fmt)
 
-                unit_description = ''
-
-                # convert units from ha_infected/ha_cell to ha_infected/ha_wheat
-
-                if epiconf['rescale_output_by_host_raster'] is True:
-
-                    unit_description = '_per_ha_wheat'
-
-                    model_colns = df_full.columns
-
-                    df_full = self.get_model_divided_by_host_fraction(
-                            df_full,
-                            config_epi['Host']['HostCSV'],
-                            model_colns = model_colns)
-
-                    # save to csv
-                    outfile_hawheat = f"{epiconf['infectionRasterFileName']}{unit_description}_progression.csv"
-                    df_full.to_csv(outfile_hawheat,header=True,index=True)
-
-                    outfile_hawheat_final = f"{epiconf['infectionRasterFileName']}{unit_description}.csv"
-                    df_full.iloc[:,-1].to_csv(outfile_hawheat_final,header=True,index=True)
-
                 # determine date to cut with
                 # plus 1 minute so midnight is associated with preceding day
                 date_to_cut = datetime.datetime.strptime(config_epi['StartString']+'0001','%Y%m%d%H%M')