diff --git a/src/FileList/FileExtInfoLoader.cc b/src/FileList/FileExtInfoLoader.cc
index 19d0c24a8..fe947dd33 100644
--- a/src/FileList/FileExtInfoLoader.cc
+++ b/src/FileList/FileExtInfoLoader.cc
@@ -713,8 +713,6 @@ void FileExtInfoLoader::AddInitialComputedEntries(const std::string& hdu, CARTA:
 
     if (compressed_fits) {
         compressed_fits->SetShape(shape);
-        compressed_fits->SetSpectralAxis(axes.spectral); // TODO: this was set to depth axis previously -- which is correct???
-        compressed_fits->SetStokesAxis(axes.stokes);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1202,6 +1200,8 @@ void FileExtInfoLoader::AddComputedEntriesFromHeaders(
         entry->set_entry_type(CARTA::EntryType::STRING);
     }
 
+    std::cout << "+++++ Before  if (compressed_fits); projection is " << projection << std::endl;
+
     if (compressed_fits) {
         casacore::CoordinateSystem coordsys;
         auto shape = compressed_fits->GetShape();
diff --git a/src/ImageData/CompressedFits.cc b/src/ImageData/CompressedFits.cc
index 7e9c9dda5..71bd179ca 100644
--- a/src/ImageData/CompressedFits.cc
+++ b/src/ImageData/CompressedFits.cc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 using namespace carta;
 
 CompressedFits::CompressedFits(const std::string& filename, bool support_aips_beam)
-    : _filename(filename), _support_aips_beam(support_aips_beam), _is_history_beam(false), _spectral_axis(-1), _stokes_axis(-1) {
+    : _filename(filename), _support_aips_beam(support_aips_beam), _is_history_beam(false) {
     // Initialize linear transformation matrix for the direction coordinate
     SetDefaultTransformMatrix();
 }
diff --git a/src/ImageData/CompressedFits.h b/src/ImageData/CompressedFits.h
index 4ecd99d4e..83fb7dc6f 100644
--- a/src/ImageData/CompressedFits.h
+++ b/src/ImageData/CompressedFits.h
@@ -106,18 +106,6 @@ class CompressedFits {
     casacore::IPosition& GetShape() {
         return _shape;
     }
-    void SetSpectralAxis(int spectral_axis) {
-        _spectral_axis = spectral_axis;
-    }
-    void SetStokesAxis(int stokes_axis) {
-        _stokes_axis = stokes_axis;
-    }
-    int GetSpectralAxis() {
-        return _spectral_axis;
-    }
-    int GetStokesAxis() {
-        return _stokes_axis;
-    }
 
     // File decompression
     unsigned long long GetDecompressSize();
@@ -153,8 +141,6 @@ class CompressedFits {
 
     casacore::Matrix<casacore::Double> _xform; // Linear transform matrix for the direction coordinate
     casacore::IPosition _shape;                // Image shape
-    int _spectral_axis;                        // Spectral axis from the header
-    int _stokes_axis;                          // Stokes axis from the header
 };
 
 } // namespace carta