diff --git a/parm/aero/berror/aero_diagb.yaml.j2 b/parm/aero/berror/aero_diagb.yaml.j2
index a2b0ea95f..c62947f1e 100644
--- a/parm/aero/berror/aero_diagb.yaml.j2
+++ b/parm/aero/berror/aero_diagb.yaml.j2
@@ -76,25 +76,25 @@ variables:
   - mass_fraction_of_sea_salt003_in_air
   - mass_fraction_of_sea_salt004_in_air
 
-global rescale: 
-  geometry:
-    fms initialization:
-      namelist filename: ./fv3jedi/fmsmpp.nml
-      field table filename: ./fv3jedi/field_table
-    akbk: ./fv3jedi/akbk.nc4
-    layout: 
-    - {{ layout_x }} 
-    - {{ layout_y }}
-    nxp: {{ npx_rescale }}
-    npy: {{ npy_rescale }}
-    npz: {{ npz_ges }}
-    field metadata override: ./fv3jedi/fv3jedi_fieldmetadata_restart.yaml
-  rescale stddev:
-    filetype: fms restart
-    skip coupler file: true
-    dateapath: ./stddev
-    filename_trcr: rescale.fv_tracer.res.nc
-    filename_cplr: rescale.coupler.res 
+#global rescale:
+#  geometry:
+#    fms initialization:
+#      namelist filename: ./fv3jedi/fmsmpp.nml
+#      field table filename: ./fv3jedi/field_table
+#    akbk: ./fv3jedi/akbk.nc4
+#    layout:
+#    - {{ layout_x }}
+#    - {{ layout_y }}
+#    npx: {{ npx_rescale }}
+#    npy: {{ npy_rescale }}
+#    npz: {{ npz_ges }}
+#    field metadata override: ./fv3jedi/fv3jedi_fieldmetadata_restart.yaml
+#  rescale stddev:
+#    filetype: fms restart
+#    skip coupler file: true
+#    dateapath: ./stddev
+#    filename_trcr: rescale.fv_tracer.res.nc
+#    filename_cplr: rescale.coupler.res
 
 number of halo points: {{ aero_diagb_n_halo }}
 number of neighbors: {{ aero_diagb_n_neighbors }}