diff --git a/wetb/hawc2/log_file.py b/wetb/hawc2/log_file.py
index 3efff2aec6a48d13ab09bfc44908e215eb261297..d049610d24551f0bad541fa48e6f45aaef9348ec 100644
--- a/wetb/hawc2/log_file.py
+++ b/wetb/hawc2/log_file.py
@@ -15,18 +15,18 @@ INITIALIZATION = 'Initializing simulation'
 SIMULATING = "Simulating"
 DONE = "Simulation succeded"
 
-def is_file_open(filename):
-    try:
-        os.rename(filename, filename + "_")
-        os.rename(filename + "_", filename)
-        return False
-    except OSError as e:
-        if "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process" not in str(e):
-            raise
-
-        if os.path.isfile(filename + "_"):
-            os.remove(filename + "_")
-        return True
+#def is_file_open(filename):
+#    try:
+#        os.rename(filename, filename + "_")
+#        os.rename(filename + "_", filename)
+#        return False
+#    except OSError as e:
+#        if "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process" not in str(e):
+#            raise
+#
+#        if os.path.isfile(filename + "_"):
+#            os.remove(filename + "_")
+#        return True
 
 class LogFile(object):
     def __init__(self, log_filename, time_stop):
diff --git a/wetb/hawc2/tests/test_logfile.py b/wetb/hawc2/tests/test_logfile.py
index 34021554a5ff91b550f1f1507d6194ca5f875781..170f83e085e36577d107015b42358c6daef03260 100644
--- a/wetb/hawc2/tests/test_logfile.py
+++ b/wetb/hawc2/tests/test_logfile.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Created on 18/11/2015
 @author: MMPE
 '''
 import unittest
-from wetb.hawc2.log_file import LogFile, is_file_open, \
+from wetb.hawc2.log_file import LogFile, \
     INITIALIZATION, SIMULATING, DONE, PENDING
 import time
 from wetb.hawc2 import log_file
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ class TestLogFile(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(logfile.status, log_file.MISSING)
 
 
-    def test_is_file_open(self):
-        f = self.tfp + 'logfiles/test.log'
-        with open(f, 'a+'):
-            self.assertTrue(is_file_open(f))
-        with open(f, 'r'):
-            self.assertTrue(is_file_open(f))
-        self.assertFalse(is_file_open(f))
+#    def test_is_file_open(self):
+#        f = self.tfp + 'logfiles/test.log'
+#        with open(f, 'a+'):
+#            self.assertTrue(is_file_open(f))
+#        with open(f, 'r'):
+#            self.assertTrue(is_file_open(f))
+#        self.assertFalse(is_file_open(f))
 
     def test_simulation_init_error(self):
         f = self.tfp + 'logfiles/init_error.log'
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class TestLogFile(unittest.TestCase):
         estimated_simulation_time = None
         while logfile.pct >= 0 and logfile.status != DONE:
             if estimated_simulation_time is None and logfile.remaining_time is not None:
-                endtime = time.time() + logfile.remaining_time
+                estimated_endtime = time.time() + logfile.remaining_time
             #print (logfile.pct, logfile.remaining_time, logfile.lastline)
             logfile.update_status()
             if logfile.status != last_status or logfile.pct != last_pct:
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class TestLogFile(unittest.TestCase):
                 last_pct = logfile.pct
             time.sleep(0.1)
         t.join()
-        self.assertLess(abs(time.time() - endtime), 0.1)
+        self.assertLess(abs(time.time() - estimated_endtime), 0.15)
         os.remove(logfile.filename)
 
 
diff --git a/wetb/utils/tests/test_caching.py b/wetb/utils/tests/test_caching.py
index 28e1b2129cbb6d99f94232b12743253296b1a508..d17dd925253688cbe789811616a36e63e0263bfd 100644
--- a/wetb/utils/tests/test_caching.py
+++ b/wetb/utils/tests/test_caching.py
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ class TestCacheProperty(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
     def test_cache_function(self):
-        #pdb.set_trace()
         e = Example()
         self.assertAlmostEqual(get_time(e.test_cache_function)()[1], 1, places=2)
         self.assertAlmostEqual(get_time(e.test_cache_function)()[1], 0, places=2)