diff --git a/gempak/ush/gempak_gdas_f000_gif.sh b/gempak/ush/gempak_gdas_f000_gif.sh
index cdf7659155..5d399f9124 100755
--- a/gempak/ush/gempak_gdas_f000_gif.sh
+++ b/gempak/ush/gempak_gdas_f000_gif.sh
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 #
 #########################################################################
 
-   msg=" Make GEMPAK GIFS utility"
-   postmsg "$jlogfile" "$msg"
-
   set -x
 
   MAPAREA="normal"
@@ -488,8 +485,4 @@ if [ $SENDCOM = YES ]; then
 fi
 
 
-
-   msg=" GEMPAK_GIF ${fhr} hour completed normally"
-   postmsg "$jlogfile" "$msg"
-
    exit
diff --git a/gempak/ush/gempak_gfs_f00_gif.sh b/gempak/ush/gempak_gfs_f00_gif.sh
index 2a7cca5c9f..9eaac7c62e 100755
--- a/gempak/ush/gempak_gfs_f00_gif.sh
+++ b/gempak/ush/gempak_gfs_f00_gif.sh
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
 #
 #########################################################################
 
-   msg=" Make GEMPAK GIFS utility"
-   postmsg "$jlogfile" "$msg"
-
   set -x
 
   MAPAREA="normal"
@@ -596,7 +593,4 @@ if [ $SENDCOM = YES ]; then
   ${USHgfs}/make_tif.sh
 fi 
 
-   msg=" GEMPAK_GIF ${fhr} hour completed normally"
-   postmsg "$jlogfile" "$msg"
-
    exit
diff --git a/gempak/ush/gempak_gfs_f12_gif.sh b/gempak/ush/gempak_gfs_f12_gif.sh
index 611252a2e2..7005e96844 100755
--- a/gempak/ush/gempak_gfs_f12_gif.sh
+++ b/gempak/ush/gempak_gfs_f12_gif.sh
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
 #
 #########################################################################
 
-   msg=" Make GEMPAK GIFS utility"
-   postmsg "$jlogfile" "$msg"
-
   set -x
 
   MAPAREA="normal"
@@ -207,7 +204,4 @@ if [ $SENDCOM = YES ]; then
 
 fi
 
-   msg=" GEMPAK_GIF ${fhr} hour completed normally"
-   postmsg "$jlogfile" "$msg"
-
    exit
diff --git a/gempak/ush/gempak_gfs_f24_gif.sh b/gempak/ush/gempak_gfs_f24_gif.sh
index 53670a29bd..d5dc2f6868 100755
--- a/gempak/ush/gempak_gfs_f24_gif.sh
+++ b/gempak/ush/gempak_gfs_f24_gif.sh
@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@
 #
 #########################################################################
 
-
-
-   msg=" Make GEMPAK GIFS utility"
-   postmsg "$jlogfile" "$msg"
-
-
-
   set -x
 
 
@@ -224,8 +217,4 @@ if [ $SENDCOM = YES ]; then
 
 fi
 
-
-   msg=" GEMPAK_GIF ${fhr} hour completed normally"
-   postmsg "$jlogfile" "$msg"
-
    exit
diff --git a/gempak/ush/gempak_gfs_f36_gif.sh b/gempak/ush/gempak_gfs_f36_gif.sh
index e1999090c0..d219fbfc59 100755
--- a/gempak/ush/gempak_gfs_f36_gif.sh
+++ b/gempak/ush/gempak_gfs_f36_gif.sh
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@
 #
 #########################################################################
 
-
-
-   msg=" Make GEMPAK GIFS utility"
-   postmsg "$jlogfile" "$msg"
-
-
   set -x
 
 
@@ -223,9 +217,4 @@ if [ $SENDCOM = YES ]; then
 
 fi
 
-
-
-   msg=" GEMPAK_GIF ${fhr} hour completed normally"
-   postmsg "$jlogfile" "$msg"
-
    exit
diff --git a/gempak/ush/gempak_gfs_f48_gif.sh b/gempak/ush/gempak_gfs_f48_gif.sh
index 1e0ba532fd..95c4d6b932 100755
--- a/gempak/ush/gempak_gfs_f48_gif.sh
+++ b/gempak/ush/gempak_gfs_f48_gif.sh
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@
 #
 #########################################################################
 
-
-
-   msg=" Make GEMPAK GIFS utility"
-   postmsg "$jlogfile" "$msg"
-
-
   set -x
 
 
@@ -223,9 +217,4 @@ if [ $SENDCOM = YES ]; then
 
 fi
 
-
-
-   msg=" GEMPAK_GIF ${fhr} hour completed normally"
-   postmsg "$jlogfile" "$msg"
-
    exit
diff --git a/scripts/exglobal_atmos_vminmon.sh b/scripts/exglobal_atmos_vminmon.sh
index a4453dcf1a..aac63f3fb3 100755
--- a/scripts/exglobal_atmos_vminmon.sh
+++ b/scripts/exglobal_atmos_vminmon.sh
@@ -44,15 +44,15 @@ if [[ -s ${gsistat} ]]; then
    #------------------------------------------------------------------
    #   Run the child sccripts.
    #------------------------------------------------------------------
-   "${USHgfs}/minmon_xtrct_costs.pl" "${MINMON_SUFFIX}" "${PDY}" "${cyc}" "${gsistat}" dummy
+   "${USHgfs}/minmon_xtrct_costs.pl" "${MINMON_SUFFIX}" "${PDY}" "${cyc}" "${gsistat}"
    rc_costs=$?
    echo "rc_costs = ${rc_costs}"
 
-   "${USHgfs}/minmon_xtrct_gnorms.pl" "${MINMON_SUFFIX}" "${PDY}" "${cyc}" "${gsistat}" dummy
+   "${USHgfs}/minmon_xtrct_gnorms.pl" "${MINMON_SUFFIX}" "${PDY}" "${cyc}" "${gsistat}"
    rc_gnorms=$?
    echo "rc_gnorms = ${rc_gnorms}"
 
-   "${USHgfs}/minmon_xtrct_reduct.pl" "${MINMON_SUFFIX}" "${PDY}" "${cyc}" "${gsistat}" dummy
+   "${USHgfs}/minmon_xtrct_reduct.pl" "${MINMON_SUFFIX}" "${PDY}" "${cyc}" "${gsistat}"
    rc_reduct=$?
    echo "rc_reduct = ${rc_reduct}"
 
diff --git a/ush/minmon_xtrct_costs.pl b/ush/minmon_xtrct_costs.pl
index 502032da80..c56ac3bdad 100755
--- a/ush/minmon_xtrct_costs.pl
+++ b/ush/minmon_xtrct_costs.pl
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 #
 #---------------------------
 
-if ($#ARGV != 4 ) {
-	print "usage: minmon_xtrct_costs.pl SUFFIX PDY cyc infile jlogfile\n";
+if ($#ARGV != 3 ) {
+	print "usage: minmon_xtrct_costs.pl SUFFIX PDY cyc infile\n";
 	exit;
 }
 my $suffix = $ARGV[0];
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 my $pdy      = $ARGV[1];
 my $cyc      = $ARGV[2];
 my $infile   = $ARGV[3];
-my $jlogfile = $ARGV[4];
 
 my $use_costterms = 0;
 my $no_data       = 0.00;
diff --git a/ush/minmon_xtrct_gnorms.pl b/ush/minmon_xtrct_gnorms.pl
index 0125c58ac8..ac83c08cd3 100755
--- a/ush/minmon_xtrct_gnorms.pl
+++ b/ush/minmon_xtrct_gnorms.pl
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ sub updateGnormData {
 #
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-if ($#ARGV != 4 ) {
-   print "usage: minmon_xtrct_gnorms.pl SUFFIX pdy cyc infile jlogfile\n";
+if ($#ARGV != 3 ) {
+   print "usage: minmon_xtrct_gnorms.pl SUFFIX pdy cyc infile \n";
    exit;
 }
 
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ sub updateGnormData {
 my $pdy      = $ARGV[1];
 my $cyc      = $ARGV[2];
 my $infile   = $ARGV[3];
-my $jlogfile = $ARGV[4];
 
 
 my $scr = "minmon_xtrct_gnorms.pl";
diff --git a/ush/minmon_xtrct_reduct.pl b/ush/minmon_xtrct_reduct.pl
index 1b8186b6ad..cc5da86af8 100755
--- a/ush/minmon_xtrct_reduct.pl
+++ b/ush/minmon_xtrct_reduct.pl
@@ -9,20 +9,18 @@
 #  reduction.ieee_d files ready for GrADS use.
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-if ($#ARGV != 4 ) {
-	print "usage: minmon_xtrct_reduct.pl SUFFIX pdy cyc infile jlogfile\n";
+if ($#ARGV != 3 ) {
+	print "usage: minmon_xtrct_reduct.pl SUFFIX pdy cyc infile\n";
         print " suffix is data source identifier\n";
         print " pdy is YYYYMMDD of the cycle to be processed\n";
         print " cyc is HH of the cycle to be processed\n";
         print " infile is the data file containing the reduction stats\n";
-        print " jlogfile is the job log file\n";
 	exit;
 }
 my $suffix   = $ARGV[0];
 my $pdy      = $ARGV[1];
 my $cyc      = $ARGV[2];
 my $infile   = $ARGV[3];
-my $jlogfile = $ARGV[4];
 
 my $scr = "minmon_xtrct_reduct.pl";
 print "$scr has started\n";
diff --git a/ush/radmon_verf_angle.sh b/ush/radmon_verf_angle.sh
index f68d7c88cc..1066627787 100755
--- a/ush/radmon_verf_angle.sh
+++ b/ush/radmon_verf_angle.sh
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ which prep_step
 which startmsg
 
 # File names
-export pgmout=${pgmout:-${jlogfile}}
 touch "${pgmout}"
 
 # Other variables
diff --git a/ush/radmon_verf_bcoef.sh b/ush/radmon_verf_bcoef.sh
index ab1058711e..b6fd82dff2 100755
--- a/ush/radmon_verf_bcoef.sh
+++ b/ush/radmon_verf_bcoef.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ fi
 echo " RADMON_NETCDF, netcdf_boolean = ${RADMON_NETCDF}, ${netcdf_boolean}"
 
 # File names
-pgmout=${pgmout:-${jlogfile}}
 touch "${pgmout}"
 
 # Other variables
diff --git a/ush/radmon_verf_bcor.sh b/ush/radmon_verf_bcor.sh
index f1f97c247e..7aec48e2b3 100755
--- a/ush/radmon_verf_bcor.sh
+++ b/ush/radmon_verf_bcor.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ source "${HOMEgfs}/ush/preamble.sh"
 ####################################################################
 
 # File names
-pgmout=${pgmout:-${jlogfile}}
 touch "${pgmout}"
 
 # Other variables
diff --git a/ush/radmon_verf_time.sh b/ush/radmon_verf_time.sh
index 7f98407ec5..0df8029166 100755
--- a/ush/radmon_verf_time.sh
+++ b/ush/radmon_verf_time.sh
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ source "${HOMEgfs}/ush/preamble.sh"
 ####################################################################
 
 # File names
-#pgmout=${pgmout:-${jlogfile}}
-#touch $pgmout
 
 radmon_err_rpt=${radmon_err_rpt:-${USHgfs}/radmon_err_rpt.sh}
 base_file=${base_file:-${PARMmonitor}/gdas_radmon_base.tar}
diff --git a/ush/syndat_getjtbul.sh b/ush/syndat_getjtbul.sh
index a68187868a..3ea56db72a 100755
--- a/ush/syndat_getjtbul.sh
+++ b/ush/syndat_getjtbul.sh
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@
 #   TANK_TROPCY  - path to home directory containing tropical cyclone record
 #                  data base
 
-# Imported variables that can be passed in:
-#   jlogfile  - path to job log file (skipped over by this script if not
-#                 passed in)
-
 source "$HOMEgfs/ush/preamble.sh"
 
 EXECSYND=${EXECSYND:-${HOMESYND}/exec}