diff --git a/matlab/estimation/selec_posterior_draws.m b/matlab/estimation/selec_posterior_draws.m
index ad6c97c38b634e21d21744289653bc5d75e030e4..624c6e54f6e648553ec6d882860faba041cc983e 100644
--- a/matlab/estimation/selec_posterior_draws.m
+++ b/matlab/estimation/selec_posterior_draws.m
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ BaseName = [MetropolisFolder filesep ModelName];
 record=load_last_mh_history_file(MetropolisFolder, ModelName);
 FirstMhFile = record.KeepedDraws.FirstMhFile;
 FirstLine = record.KeepedDraws.FirstLine;
-TotalNumberOfMhFiles = sum(record.MhDraws(:,2));
-LastMhFile = TotalNumberOfMhFiles;
 TotalNumberOfMhDraws = sum(record.MhDraws(:,1));
 NumberOfDraws = TotalNumberOfMhDraws-floor(options_.mh_drop*TotalNumberOfMhDraws);
 MAX_nruns = ceil(options_.MaxNumberOfBytes/(npar+2)/8);