diff --git a/src/grib_templates.h b/src/grib_templates.h
index c74ab44c2..1b1ae7333 100644
--- a/src/grib_templates.h
+++ b/src/grib_templates.h
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@
 /* This file is automatically generated by ./grib2c.pl, do not edit */
 
 
-/*
-    ../templates/GRIB1.grib
-*/
-
+/* This is a mechanism where we generate C code in grib_templates.h
+ * from our GRIB sample files and then include the header so one
+ * can instantiate samples without any disk access.
+ * This is now superseded by MEMFS
+ */
+#if 0
 unsigned char _grib_template_GRIB1[] = {
-
  0x47, 0x52, 0x49, 0x42, 0x00, 0x00, 0x6b, 0x01,
  0x00, 0x00, 0x34, 0x80, 0x62, 0x7f, 0xff, 0x80,
  0x81, 0x64, 0x01, 0xf4, 0x06, 0x03, 0x10, 0x0c,
@@ -31,17 +32,9 @@ unsigned char _grib_template_GRIB1[] = {
  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0b, 0x00,
  0x80, 0x02, 0x44, 0xb9, 0x7d, 0x6e, 0x10, 0x37,
  0x37, 0x37, 0x37,
-
 };
 
-
-
-/*
-    ../templates/GRIB2.grib
-*/
-
 unsigned char _grib_template_GRIB2[] = {
-
  0x47, 0x52, 0x49, 0x42, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02,
  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xb8, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xb8,
  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x15, 0x01, 0x00, 0x62, 0x00,
@@ -65,13 +58,10 @@ unsigned char _grib_template_GRIB2[] = {
  0x39, 0x7d, 0x6e, 0x80, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10,
  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x06, 0x06, 0xff, 0x00,
  0x00, 0x00, 0x05, 0x07, 0x37, 0x37, 0x37, 0x37,
-
 };
 
-
-
 static grib_templates templates[] = {
-	{"GRIB1", _grib_template_GRIB1, 107, },
-	{"GRIB2", _grib_template_GRIB2, 184, },
+	{"GRIB1", _grib_template_GRIB1, 107,},
+	{"GRIB2", _grib_template_GRIB2, 184,},
 };
-
+#endif
diff --git a/tigge/tigge_tools.h b/tigge/tigge_tools.h
index 272383ca3..02ab173c6 100644
--- a/tigge/tigge_tools.h
+++ b/tigge/tigge_tools.h
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
 #define TIGGE_TOOLS_H
 
 void scan(const char* name);
+void validate(const char* path);
 
 #endif