diff --git a/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/src/SubbandProcs/BeamFormerPreprocessingStep.cc b/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/src/SubbandProcs/BeamFormerPreprocessingStep.cc
index cdb3080efabc52f2447126dbe4a3342a05723568..78a289100f6a80235aab273a16b231c302f2155d 100644
--- a/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/src/SubbandProcs/BeamFormerPreprocessingStep.cc
+++ b/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/src/SubbandProcs/BeamFormerPreprocessingStep.cc
@@ -59,15 +59,6 @@ namespace LOFAR
           true,
           "FFT (beamformer, 1st)")),
 
-        fftShift(FFTShiftKernel::Parameters(
-          nrSTABs,
-          preParameters.nrDelayCompensationChannels,
-          obsParameters.blockSize / preParameters.nrDelayCompensationChannels,
-          "FFT-shift (beamformer)",
-          cobParameters.kernel.dumpFFTShiftKernel,
-          str(boost::format("L%d_SB%%03d_BL%%03d_BFPre_FFTShiftKernel_pre.dat") % obsParameters.observationID)
-        )),
-
         zeroing(ZeroingKernel::Parameters(
           nrSTABs,
           preParameters.nrDelayCompensationChannels,
diff --git a/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/src/SubbandProcs/BeamFormerPreprocessingStep.h b/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/src/SubbandProcs/BeamFormerPreprocessingStep.h
index 1e0c46b381989ee938e2a876ef52994f3a36271a..7f9723bb50ac2afd4bb189a3690c142306016b51 100644
--- a/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/src/SubbandProcs/BeamFormerPreprocessingStep.h
+++ b/RTCP/Cobalt/GPUProc/src/SubbandProcs/BeamFormerPreprocessingStep.h
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ namespace LOFAR
         KernelFactory<IntToFloatKernel> intToFloat;
 
         KernelFactory<FFT_Kernel> firstFFT;
-        KernelFactory<FFTShiftKernel> fftShift;
 
         KernelFactory<ZeroingKernel> zeroing;