diff --git a/camerad/astrocam.cpp b/camerad/astrocam.cpp
index fa708540..1bf97f40 100644
--- a/camerad/astrocam.cpp
+++ b/camerad/astrocam.cpp
@@ -67,21 +67,6 @@ namespace AstroCam {
   /***** AstroCam::Interface::handletopic_snapshot ****************************/
 
 
-  /***** AstroCam::Interface::handletopic_snapshot ****************************/
-  /**
-   * @brief      what to do when the topic is Topic::SNAPSHOT
-   * @details    This publishes a JSON message containing a snapshot of my
-   *             telemetry info when the subscriber receives the Topic::SNAPSHOT
-   *             topic and the payload contains my name.
-   * @param[in]  jmessage_in  subscribed-received JSON message
-   *
-   */
-  void Interface::handletopic_snapshot( const nlohmann::json &jmessage_in ) {
-    if ( jmessage_in.contains( Topic::CAMERAD ) ) this->publish_snapshot();
-  }
-  /***** AstroCam::Interface::handletopic_snapshot ****************************/
-
-
   long NewAstroCam::new_expose( std::string nseq_in ) {
     logwrite( "NewAstroCam::new_expose", nseq_in );
     return( NO_ERROR );