diff --git a/templates/event-generator/icon-remap-helper.py b/templates/event-generator/icon-remap-helper.py
index 3637f8ab4875c9257e11b30978a12cc21a514a3e..294eefd2dbd38c7b5d400d9abfde0f16d4e3b642 100644
--- a/templates/event-generator/icon-remap-helper.py
+++ b/templates/event-generator/icon-remap-helper.py
@@ -165,24 +165,24 @@ def remap_one_file(in_grid, out_grid, one_file, dst_fodler, rename=None, src_vgr
     # rename the file if requested
     if rename is not None:
         # read the time stamp
-        if content["time"].size != 1:
-            logging.error("more then one timestep, unable to rename the file!")
-            exit(-1)
-        if content["time"].attrs["units"] == "day as %Y%m%d.%f":
-            date_part = int(content["time"][0])
-            time_part = float(content["time"][0]) - date_part
-            year = str(date_part)[0:4]
-            month = str(date_part)[4:6]
-            day = str(date_part)[6:8]
-            hour = "%02d" % round(time_part * 24)
-        else:
-            logging.error("unsupported timeformat!")
-            exit(-1)
-        # replace ICON-style placeholders:
-        rename = rename.replace("<y>", year)
-        rename = rename.replace("<m>", month)
-        rename = rename.replace("<d>", day)
-        rename = rename.replace("<h>", hour)
+        # if content["time"].size != 1:
+        #     logging.error("more then one timestep, unable to rename the file!")
+        #     exit(-1)
+        # if content["time"].attrs["units"] == "day as %Y%m%d.%f":
+        #     date_part = int(content["time"][0])
+        #     time_part = float(content["time"][0]) - date_part
+        #     year = str(date_part)[0:4]
+        #     month = str(date_part)[4:6]
+        #     day = str(date_part)[6:8]
+        #     hour = "%02d" % round(time_part * 24)
+        # else:
+        #     logging.error("unsupported timeformat!")
+        #     exit(-1)
+        # # replace ICON-style placeholders:
+        # rename = rename.replace("<y>", year)
+        # rename = rename.replace("<m>", month)
+        # rename = rename.replace("<d>", day)
+        # rename = rename.replace("<h>", hour)
         rename = os.path.join(dst_fodler, rename)
     else:
         rename = os.path.join(dst_fodler, (os.path.basename(one_file)))