diff --git a/src/mode_convert.f90 b/src/mode_convert.f90
index 1f8a6bd..32ded60 100644
--- a/src/mode_convert.f90
+++ b/src/mode_convert.f90
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ module mode_convert
         integer, intent(out) :: arg_pos
         character(len=100) :: infile, outfile
         real(kind = dp) :: temp_box_bd(6)
-        !We have to allocate the element and atom arrays with a size of 1 for the read in code to work
-        call alloc_ele_arrays(1,1)
         !First read in the file
         call get_command_argument(2, infile)
         call get_in_file(infile)