diff --git a/components/mpas-ocean/cime_config/buildnml b/components/mpas-ocean/cime_config/buildnml
index 851820c786c0..7f6df71142e3 100755
--- a/components/mpas-ocean/cime_config/buildnml
+++ b/components/mpas-ocean/cime_config/buildnml
@@ -808,9 +808,7 @@ def buildnml(case, caseroot, compname):
             lines.append('    <var name="tThreshMLD"/>')
             lines.append('    <var name="columnIntegratedSpeed"/>')
             lines.append('    <var name="barotropicSpeed"/>')
-            lines.append('    <var name="landIceFreshwaterFlux"/>')
             lines.append('    <var name="landIceFreshwaterFluxTotal"/>')
-            lines.append('    <var name="frazilIceFreshwaterFlux"/>')
             lines.append('    <var name="pressureAdjustedSSH"/>')
             lines.append('    <var name="atmosphericPressure"/>')
             if ocn_bgc in ['eco_only', 'eco_and_dms', 'eco_and_macromolecules', 'eco_and_dms_and_macromolecules']: