diff --git a/tmss_im_observation.py b/tmss_im_observation.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index dbb32ac2b121d6631876fef2dd8b08eaaca6b46a..74586273f84d7d139400372ca00274f03115bfb5
--- a/tmss_im_observation.py
+++ b/tmss_im_observation.py
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         smin = int(args.subband.split("..")[0])
         smax = int(args.subband.split("..")[-1])
         subband_list = list(range(smin, smax + 1))
-    elif "*" in args.subband:
-        subband = int(args.subband.split("*")[0])
-        nsubband = int(args.subband.split("*")[1])
-        subband_list = [subband] * nsubband
     else:
         subband_list = [int(args.subband)]