Index: /branches/eam_branch_20080706/ppImage/src/ppImageParseCamera.c
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--- /branches/eam_branch_20080706/ppImage/src/ppImageParseCamera.c	(revision 18516)
+++ /branches/eam_branch_20080706/ppImage/src/ppImageParseCamera.c	(revision 18517)
@@ -30,15 +30,4 @@
       if (inputMask->type != PM_FPA_FILE_MASK) {
         psError(PS_ERR_IO, true, "PPIMAGE.INPUT.MASK is not of type MASK");
-        return NULL;
-      }
-      // XXX need to load the mask bit names from one of the headers
-      // this grabs the first available hdu : no guarantee that it will be valid, though
-      pmHDU *hdu = pmHDUGetFirst (inputMask->fpa);
-      if (!hdu) {
-        psError(PS_ERR_IO, true, "no valid HDU for PPIMAGE.INPUT.MASK");
-        return NULL;
-      }
-      if (!pmConfigMaskReadHeader (config, hdu->header)) {
-        psError(PS_ERR_IO, false, "error in mask bits");
         return NULL;
       }