diff --git a/systems_design/src/standardData.h b/systems_design/src/standardData.h
index caa904d81ace7a102e1c38d98234459a92faa2a6..7846a82812475ae24dbf56384394f5e19f43a95f 100644
--- a/systems_design/src/standardData.h
+++ b/systems_design/src/standardData.h
@@ -116,13 +116,11 @@ class standardData {
         double MTOM;/**<[kg] maximum takeoff mass  */
         double WtoS;/**<wing loading  */
         double OME;/**<[kg] operating mass empty  */
-        double MME;/**<[kg] manufacturer mass empty  */
         double MLM;/**<[kg] maximum landing mass  */
         //double maxPayload;/**<[kg] maximum payload mass  */
         //double designPayload;/**<[kg] design payload mass  */
         double maxUsableFuel;/**<[kg] maximum usable fuel mass  */
         double totalFuelVolume;/**<[liter]  */   //in Liter
-        double Structure;/**<[kg] structural mass  */
         double Wing;/**< Wing mass **/
         double Fuselage;/**<[kg] Fuselage mass **/
         double Empennage;/**<[kg] Empennage **/
@@ -145,13 +143,11 @@ class standardData {
             MTOM = 0.0;
             WtoS = 0.0;
             OME = 0.0;
-            MME = 0.0;
             MLM = 0.0;
             //maxPayload = 0.0;
             //designPayload = 0.0;
             maxUsableFuel = 0.0;
             totalFuelVolume = 0.0;
-            Structure = 0.0;
             Wing = 0.0;
             Fuselage = 0.0;
             Gear = 0.0;
@@ -189,7 +185,6 @@ class standardData {
         Vec3 furnishingsGroup;/*<[m] center of gravity of the furnishing group*/
         Vec3 systemsGroup;/*<[m] center of gravity of the systems group*/
         Vec3 Payload;/*<[m] center of gravity of the payload*/
-        Vec3 Structure;/*<[m] center of gravity of the structural components*/
         std::vector<Vec3> Engines;/*<[m] centers of gravity of each individual engine*/
         Vec3 total; /**<[m] total center of gravity of all systems excluding furnishing (calculated in fuselageDesign) */
         Vec3 waterAndChemicals; /**<[m] center of gravity of Airbus Ch. 61.1+2: Fluids = TB Potable Water and Toilet Chemicals*/
diff --git a/systems_design/src/standardReport.cpp b/systems_design/src/standardReport.cpp
index 93f720b5fc13be3e65e541af29e9b27366da95fa..106d23a3393a90a93c72ba850344c79a7f0c6bbf 100644
--- a/systems_design/src/standardReport.cpp
+++ b/systems_design/src/standardReport.cpp
@@ -214,47 +214,6 @@ void standardSystemsDesign::setTexBody() {
     }
     if (data_->configuration.designCase && !data_->configuration.texReportWithoutMasses) {
         report_.texReportStream() << "\\begin{frame}" << std::endl
-                                   << " \\frametitle{Mass Breakdown}" << std::endl
-                                   << std::endl
-                                   << std::endl
-                                   << " \\begin{table}" << std::endl
-                                   << " \\centering" << std::endl
-                                   << " \\scriptsize" << std::endl
-                                   << "     \\begin{tabularx}{230pt}{llrr}" << std::endl
-                                   << "        \\multicolumn{4}{c}{Program Mode: " << std::endl
-                                   << "        \\textit{Sizing Mode}}\\\\" << std::endl
-                                   << "        \\midrule[0.5pt]" << std::endl
-                                   << "        \\multicolumn{4}{l}{Empty Weights}\\\\" << std::endl
-                                   << "        \\midrule[0.5pt]" << std::endl
-                                   << "          Operating Mass Empty & OME & " << Rounding(data_->data.Mass.OME, 0) << "& $\\kilogram$\\\\" << std::endl
-                                   << "          Previous Operating Mass Empty & OME$_{prev}$ & " << Rounding(data_->data.Mass.OME, 0) << "& $\\kilogram$\\\\" << std::endl
-                                   << "          Manufacturer's Mass Empty & MME & " << Rounding(data_->data.Mass.MME, 0) << "& $\\kilogram$\\\\" << std::endl
-                                   << "        \\midrule[0.5pt]" << std::endl
-                                   << "        \\multicolumn{4}{l}{Component Weights}\\\\" << std::endl
-                                   << "        \\midrule[0.5pt]" << std::endl
-                                   << "          Structures & m$_{structure}$ & " << Rounding(data_->data.Mass.Structure, 0) << "& $\\kilogram$\\\\" << std::endl
-                                   << "          Gear & m$_{gear}$ & " << Rounding(data_->data.Mass.Gear, 0) << "& $\\kilogram$\\\\" << std::endl
-                                   << "          Propulsion & m$_{propulsion}$ & " << Rounding(data_->data.Mass.totalGroupAllEngines, 0) << "& $\\kilogram$\\\\" << std::endl
-                                   << "          Systems & m$_{systems}$ & " << Rounding(data_->data.Mass.systemsGroup, 0) << "& $\\kilogram$\\\\" << std::endl
-                                   << "          Not Allocoated Mass & m$_{miscellaneous}$ & "
-                                      << Rounding(data_->data.Mass.notAllocatedSystems, 0) << "& $\\kilogram$\\\\" << std::endl
-                                   << "     \\end{tabularx}" << std::endl
-                                   << " \\end{table}" << std::endl
-                                   << std::endl
-                                   << " \\begin{figure}" << std::endl
-                                   << "     \\tiny" << std::endl
-                                   << "     \\def\\svgwidth{5.5cm}" << std::endl
-                                   << "     \\import{" + win2lin(relativePath(rtIO_->getPlotDir(), rtIO_->getReportDir()))
-                                                       + "}{" + data_->configuration.theProgramName + "_MassBreakdown_plot.pdf_tex}" << std::endl
-                                   << "     \\caption{\\scriptsize{Mass breakdown}}" << std::endl
-                                   << " \\end{figure}" << std::endl
-                                   << std::endl
-                                   << "\\end{frame}" << std::endl
-                                   << "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%" << std::endl
-                                   << "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%" << std::endl
-                                   << std::endl
-
-                                   << "\\begin{frame}" << std::endl
                                    << " \\frametitle{Systems Masses}" << std::endl
                                    << std::endl
                                    << std::endl
diff --git a/systems_design/src/systemsIOData.cpp b/systems_design/src/systemsIOData.cpp
index 3694f6f63fb314e76b65ff93a7c541fd1de77673..80488669752fbd396833976bc544ae411f9de2d6 100644
--- a/systems_design/src/systemsIOData.cpp
+++ b/systems_design/src/systemsIOData.cpp
@@ -379,14 +379,6 @@ void systemsIOData::readMassComponents(const node& acxml) {
     data.Mass.MTOM = EndnodeReadOnly<double>("aircraft_exchange_file/analysis/masses_cg_inertia/maximum_takeoff_mass/mass_properties/mass").read(acxml).value();
     data.Mass.WtoS = EndnodeReadOnly<double>("aircraft_exchange_file/sizing_point/wing_loading").read(acxml).value();
     data.Mass.OME = EndnodeReadOnly<double>("aircraft_exchange_file/analysis/masses_cg_inertia/operating_mass_empty/mass_properties/mass").read(acxml).value();
-    std::string MME_path = "aircraft_exchange_file/analysis/masses_cg_inertia/manufacturer_mass_empty/mass_properties/mass";
-    if (!(rtIO_.acxml.find(MME_path))) {
-        //MME is calculated by weightAndBalance and thus not avaialable in first iteration -> OME used instead to size furnishing system
-        myRuntimeInfo->warn << "Acxml does not contain node for manufacturer mass empty. 0.45 * MTOM used instead to size ATA25 in this iteration." << std::endl;
-        data.Mass.MME = 0.45 * data.Mass.MTOM;
-    } else {
-        data.Mass.MME = EndnodeReadOnly<double>("aircraft_exchange_file/analysis/masses_cg_inertia/manufacturer_mass_empty/mass_properties/mass").read(acxml).value();
-    }
     std::string MLM_path = "aircraft_exchange_file/analysis/masses_cg_inertia/maximum_landing_mass/mass_properties/mass/value";
     if (!(rtIO_.acxml.find(MLM_path))) {
         //MLM is calculated by weightAndBalance and thus not avaialable in first iteration -> MTOM used instead to size landing gear system
@@ -429,11 +421,6 @@ void systemsIOData::readMassComponents(const node& acxml) {
         data.Mass.Engines.push_back(EndnodeReadOnly<double>("aircraft_exchange_file/component_design/propulsion/specific/propulsion@" + num2Str(i) +
                                                     "/engine/mass_properties/mass").read(acxml).value());
     }
-    data.Mass.Structure = data.Mass.Wing + data.Mass.Fuselage + data.Mass.Empennage + data.Mass.Gear + data.Mass.Pylon;
-    if (data.Mass.Structure <= 0.0 || data.Mass.Structure >= data.Mass.MME) {
-        myRuntimeInfo->err << "Mass.Structure not in range of 0 and MME of " << data.Mass.MME << std::endl;
-        exit(1);
-    }
 }
 
 void systemsIOData::readCGComponents(const node& acxml) {
diff --git a/systems_design/src/systemsIOData.h b/systems_design/src/systemsIOData.h
index c05bb47fb288f14f0827bf432897057b9be234bf..bb36c9e5f7f1f304af859e3ccb09a74432e5f07a 100644
--- a/systems_design/src/systemsIOData.h
+++ b/systems_design/src/systemsIOData.h
@@ -264,8 +264,7 @@ class systemsIOData {
     void readMassesFromXML(const node& acxml) {
         readMassComponents(acxml);
         readCGComponents(acxml);
-        PreviousMME = data.Mass.MME;//todo: is this used anywhere?
-        PreviousOME = data.Mass.OME;//todo: is this used anywhere?
+        PreviousOME = data.Mass.OME;
     }
 
     /**