diff --git a/ndsl/constants.py b/ndsl/constants.py
index dc45c05f..eb89bd17 100644
--- a/ndsl/constants.py
+++ b/ndsl/constants.py
@@ -207,4 +207,4 @@ class ConstantVersions(Enum):
 LAT2 = np.power((HLV + HLF), 2, dtype=Float)
 """Used in bigg mechanism"""
 TTP = 2.7316e2
-"""Temperature of H2O triple point"""
\ No newline at end of file
+"""Temperature of H2O triple point"""
diff --git a/ndsl/stencils/testing/savepoint.py b/ndsl/stencils/testing/savepoint.py
index e6ff4c33..2708011e 100644
--- a/ndsl/stencils/testing/savepoint.py
+++ b/ndsl/stencils/testing/savepoint.py
@@ -76,15 +76,6 @@ def exists(self) -> bool:
             > self.grid.rank
         )
 
-    @property
-    def exists(self) -> bool:
-        return (
-            xr.open_dataset(
-                os.path.join(self.data_dir, f"{self.savepoint_name}-In.nc")
-            ).sizes["rank"]
-            > self.rank
-        )
-
     @property
     def ds_in(self) -> xr.Dataset:
         return (