diff --git a/src/attributes/GribDecoderAttributes.cc b/src/attributes/GribDecoderAttributes.cc
index 8c44856a..6251e067 100644
--- a/src/attributes/GribDecoderAttributes.cc
+++ b/src/attributes/GribDecoderAttributes.cc
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ GribDecoderAttributes::GribDecoderAttributes():
 	expver_(ParameterManager::getBool("grib_text_experiment")),
 	units_(ParameterManager::getBool("grib_text_units")),
 	field_position_(ParameterManager::getInt("grib_field_position")),
-	large_field_position_(ParameterManager::getULong("grib_field_large_position")),
 	position_1_(ParameterManager::getInt("grib_wind_position_1")),
 	position_2_(ParameterManager::getInt("grib_wind_position_2")),
 	colour_position_(ParameterManager::getInt("grib_wind_position_colour")),
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ void GribDecoderAttributes::set(const std::map<string, string>& params)
 	setAttribute(prefix, "grib_text_experiment", expver_, params);
 	setAttribute(prefix, "grib_text_units", units_, params);
 	setAttribute(prefix, "grib_field_position", field_position_, params);
-	setAttribute(prefix, "grib_field_large_position", large_field_position_, params);
 	setAttribute(prefix, "grib_wind_position_1", position_1_, params);
 	setAttribute(prefix, "grib_wind_position_2", position_2_, params);
 	setAttribute(prefix, "grib_wind_position_colour", colour_position_, params);
@@ -120,7 +118,6 @@ void GribDecoderAttributes::copy(const GribDecoderAttributes& other)
 	expver_ = other.expver_;
 	units_ = other.units_;
 	field_position_ = other.field_position_;
-	large_field_position_ = other.large_field_position_;
 	position_1_ = other.position_1_;
 	position_2_ = other.position_2_;
 	colour_position_ = other.colour_position_;
@@ -193,7 +190,6 @@ void GribDecoderAttributes::print(ostream& out)  const
 	out << " expver = " <<  expver_;
 	out << " units = " <<  units_;
 	out << " field_position = " <<  field_position_;
-	out << " large_field_position = " <<  large_field_position_;
 	out << " position_1 = " <<  position_1_;
 	out << " position_2 = " <<  position_2_;
 	out << " colour_position = " <<  colour_position_;
@@ -243,8 +239,6 @@ void GribDecoderAttributes::toxml(ostream& out)  const
 	niceprint(out,units_);
 	out << ", \"grib_field_position\":";
 	niceprint(out,field_position_);
-	out << ", \"grib_field_large_position\":";
-	niceprint(out,large_field_position_);
 	out << ", \"grib_wind_position_1\":";
 	niceprint(out,position_1_);
 	out << ", \"grib_wind_position_2\":";
@@ -284,7 +278,6 @@ static MagicsParameter<int> grib_interpolation_method_missing_fill_count("grib_i
 static MagicsParameter<string> grib_text_experiment("grib_text_experiment", "off");
 static MagicsParameter<string> grib_text_units("grib_text_units", "off");
 static MagicsParameter<int> grib_field_position("grib_field_position", 1);
-static MagicsParameter<unsigned long long> grib_field_large_position("grib_field_large_position", 0);
 static MagicsParameter<int> grib_wind_position_1("grib_wind_position_1", 1);
 static MagicsParameter<int> grib_wind_position_2("grib_wind_position_2", -1);
 static MagicsParameter<int> grib_wind_position_colour("grib_wind_position_colour", -1);
diff --git a/src/attributes/GribDecoderAttributes.h b/src/attributes/GribDecoderAttributes.h
index 090aa4ba..9397e46a 100644
--- a/src/attributes/GribDecoderAttributes.h
+++ b/src/attributes/GribDecoderAttributes.h
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ class GribDecoderAttributes
 	bool expver_;
 	bool units_;
 	int field_position_;
-	unsigned long long large_field_position_;
 	int position_1_;
 	int position_2_;
 	int colour_position_;
diff --git a/src/attributes/GribDecoderWrapper.cc b/src/attributes/GribDecoderWrapper.cc
index cec441ce..903cd432 100644
--- a/src/attributes/GribDecoderWrapper.cc
+++ b/src/attributes/GribDecoderWrapper.cc
@@ -129,10 +129,6 @@ void GribDecoderWrapper::set(const MagRequest& request)
 		int field_position_value = request("GRIB_FIELD_POSITION");
 		gribdecoder_->field_position_ = field_position_value;
 		}
-	if  (request.countValues("GRIB_FIELD_LARGE_POSITION") ) {
-		unsigned long long large_field_position_value = request("GRIB_FIELD_LARGE_POSITION");
-		gribdecoder_->large_field_position_ = large_field_position_value;
-		}
 	if  (request.countValues("GRIB_WIND_POSITION_1") ) {
 		int position_1_value = request("GRIB_WIND_POSITION_1");
 		gribdecoder_->position_1_ = position_1_value;
diff --git a/src/decoders/GribDecoder.cc b/src/decoders/GribDecoder.cc
index fca87cbb..72992912 100644
--- a/src/decoders/GribDecoder.cc
+++ b/src/decoders/GribDecoder.cc
@@ -752,7 +752,8 @@ void GribDecoder::decode2D(const Transformation&) {
 
 void GribDecoder::openField() {
     
-    current_position_ = (large_field_position_) ? large_field_position_ : field_position_;
+    // current_position_ = (large_field_position_) ? large_field_position_ : field_position_;
+    current_position_ =  field_position_;
     current_file_name_ =  file_name_;
 
     field_            = open(field_);
diff --git a/src/params/GribDecoder.xml b/src/params/GribDecoder.xml
index 97b1a55f..831b43d6 100644
--- a/src/params/GribDecoder.xml
+++ b/src/params/GribDecoder.xml
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ does it submit to any jurisdiction.
 			name="grib_field_position">
 			<documentation>The position in the input file of a field other than a wind component</documentation>
 		</parameter>
-		<parameter member="large_field_position"
+		<!--parameter member="large_field_position"
 			to="unsigned long long"
 			default="0"
 			from="unsigned long long"
 			name="grib_field_large_position">
 			<documentation>used when the offset is too big</documentation>
-		</parameter>
+		</parameter-->
 		<parameter member="position_1"
 			to="int"
 			default="1"