diff --git a/rowers/c2stuff.py b/rowers/c2stuff.py
index 4fa77a44..98738451 100644
--- a/rowers/c2stuff.py
+++ b/rowers/c2stuff.py
@@ -81,10 +81,6 @@ def getagegrouprecord(age, sex='male', weightcategory='hwt',
         def errfunc(pars, x, y):
             return fitfunc(pars, x)-y
 
-        p0 = [700, 120, 700, 10, 100, 100]
-
-        p1, success = optimize.leastsq(errfunc, p0[:],
-                                       args=(ages, powers))
         try:
             p1, success = optimize.leastsq(errfunc, p0[:],
                                            args=(ages, powers))