diff --git a/java/org/jlab/coda/hipo/Compressor.java b/java/org/jlab/coda/hipo/Compressor.java
index 0fe42bc6..407b67f1 100644
--- a/java/org/jlab/coda/hipo/Compressor.java
+++ b/java/org/jlab/coda/hipo/Compressor.java
@@ -10,11 +10,9 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.nio.ByteOrder;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
 
-//import com.aha.compression.AHACompressionAPI;
 import net.jpountz.lz4.*;
 
 /**
@@ -24,10 +22,6 @@
  */
 public class Compressor {
 
-
-    /** Do we have an AHA374 data compression board on the local host? */
-    private static boolean haveHardwareGzipCompression = false;
-
     /** Number of bytes to read in a single call while doing gzip decompression. */
     private static final int MTU = 1024*1024;
 
@@ -83,65 +77,6 @@ private static int getDeviceId(ByteBuffer buf, int board_id){
         lz4_compressor = factory.fastCompressor();
         lz4_compressor_best = factory.highCompressor();
         lz4_decompressor = factory.safeDecompressor();
-
-//         // Check for an AHA374 FPGA data compression board for hardware (de)compression.
-//         // Only want to do this once. Need the jar which uses native methods,
-//         // the C lib which it wraps using jni, and the C lib which does the compression.
-//         // Both C libs must have their directory in LD_LIBRARY_PATH for this to work!
-//         try {
-//             // Call this instead of AHACompressionAPI.LoadAHALibrary("");
-//             System.loadLibrary("aha_compression_api");
-//
-//             AHACompressionAPI apiObj = new AHACompressionAPI();
-//             ByteBuffer as = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(8);
-//             as.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
-//             int rv = AHACompressionAPI.Open(apiObj, as, 0, 0);
-//             System.out.println("rv = " + rv);
-//
-//              rv = 0;
-//              String betaString;
-//              ByteBuffer versionArg;
-//              int versionArgSize = 89;
-//              versionArg = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(versionArgSize);
-//              versionArg.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
-//
-//              long longrv = AHACompressionAPI.Version(apiObj, as, versionArg);
-//              if(longrv != 0){
-//                rv = -1;
-//              }
-//
-//              int loopMax = versionArg.get(8);
-//              if(versionArg.get(0) != 0){
-//                betaString = " Beta " + versionArg.get(0);
-//              }else{
-//                  betaString = "";
-//              }
-//
-//             String receivedDriverVersion = (versionArg.get(3) + "." + versionArg.get(2) + "." + versionArg.get(1) + betaString);
-//             String receivedReleaseDate = versionArg.get(5) + "/" + versionArg.get(4) + "/" + getYear(versionArg);
-//             String receivedNumBoards = "" + versionArg.get(8);
-//
-//             System.out.println("driver version  = " + receivedDriverVersion);
-//             System.out.println("release date    = " + receivedReleaseDate);
-//             System.out.println("number of chips = " + receivedNumBoards);
-//
-//             for(int j = 0; j < loopMax; j++){
-//                 String receivedHwRevisionId = String.format("0x%02X", getRevisionId(versionArg, j));
-//                 String receivedHwSubsystemId = String.format("0x%04X", getSubsystemId(versionArg, j));
-//                 String receivedHwDeviceId = String.format("0x%04X", getDeviceId(versionArg, j));
-//                 System.out.println("revision  id (" + j + ")= " + receivedHwRevisionId);
-//                 System.out.println("subsystem id (" + j + ")= " + receivedHwSubsystemId);
-//                 System.out.println("device    id (" + j + ")= " + receivedHwDeviceId);
-//             }
-//
-//             haveHardwareGzipCompression = true;
-//             System.out.println("\nSuccessfully loaded aha3xx jni shared lib for gzip hardware compression available\n");
-//         }
-//         catch (Error e) {
-//             // If the library cannot be found, we can still do compression -
-//             // just not with the AHA374 compression board.
-//             System.out.println("\nCannot load aha3xx jni shared lib so no gzip hardware compression available\n");
-//         }
     }