diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-propagation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/countrypropagation/SparkCountryPropagationJob2.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-propagation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/countrypropagation/SparkCountryPropagationJob2.java
index 37d4a5271..cd37e79eb 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-propagation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/countrypropagation/SparkCountryPropagationJob2.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-propagation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/countrypropagation/SparkCountryPropagationJob2.java
@@ -50,16 +50,6 @@ public class SparkCountryPropagationJob2 {
         final String resultClassName = parser.get("resultTableName");
         log.info("resultTableName: {}", resultClassName);
 
-        final String resultType =
-                resultClassName.substring(resultClassName.lastIndexOf(".") + 1).toLowerCase();
-        log.info("resultType: {}", resultType);
-
-        final Boolean writeUpdates =
-                Optional.ofNullable(parser.get("writeUpdate"))
-                        .map(Boolean::valueOf)
-                        .orElse(Boolean.TRUE);
-        log.info("writeUpdate: {}", writeUpdates);
-
         final Boolean saveGraph =
                 Optional.ofNullable(parser.get("saveGraph"))
                         .map(Boolean::valueOf)
@@ -76,17 +66,12 @@ public class SparkCountryPropagationJob2 {
                 conf,
                 isSparkSessionManaged,
                 spark -> {
-                    // createOutputDirs(outputPath,
-                    // FileSystem.get(spark.sparkContext().hadoopConfiguration()));
-                    removeOutputDir(spark, outputPath);
                     execPropagation(
                             spark,
                             datasourcecountrypath,
                             inputPath,
                             outputPath,
                             resultClazz,
-                            resultType,
-                            writeUpdates,
                             saveGraph);
                 });
     }
@@ -97,12 +82,10 @@ public class SparkCountryPropagationJob2 {
             String inputPath,
             String outputPath,
             Class<R> resultClazz,
-            String resultType,
-            boolean writeUpdates,
             boolean saveGraph) {
         final JavaSparkContext sc = new JavaSparkContext(spark.sparkContext());
 
-        // Load parque file with preprocessed association datasource - country
+        // Load file with preprocessed association datasource - country
         Dataset<DatasourceCountry> datasourcecountryassoc =
                 readAssocDatasourceCountry(spark, datasourcecountrypath);
         // broadcasting the result of the preparation step
@@ -114,10 +97,6 @@ public class SparkCountryPropagationJob2 {
                                 spark, inputPath, resultClazz, broadcast_datasourcecountryassoc)
                         .as(Encoders.bean(ResultCountrySet.class));
 
-        if (writeUpdates) {
-            writeUpdates(potentialUpdates, outputPath + "/update_" + resultType);
-        }
-
         if (saveGraph) {
             updateResultTable(spark, potentialUpdates, inputPath, resultClazz, outputPath);
         }
@@ -138,11 +117,6 @@ public class SparkCountryPropagationJob2 {
                         r -> new Tuple2<>(r.getId(), r),
                         Encoders.tuple(Encoders.STRING(), Encoders.bean(resultClazz)));
 
-        //        Dataset<Tuple2<String, ResultCountrySet>> potential_update_pair =
-        // potentialUpdates.map(pu -> new Tuple2<>(pu.getResultId(),
-        //                        pu),
-        //                Encoders.tuple(Encoders.STRING(), Encoders.bean(ResultCountrySet.class)));
-
         Dataset<R> new_table =
                 result_pair
                         .joinWith(
@@ -184,10 +158,6 @@ public class SparkCountryPropagationJob2 {
         log.info("Saving graph table to path: {}", outputPath);
         // log.info("number of saved recordsa: {}", new_table.count());
         new_table.toJSON().write().option("compression", "gzip").text(outputPath);
-        //                    .toJavaRDD()
-        //                    .map(r -> OBJECT_MAPPER.writeValueAsString(r))
-        //                    .saveAsTextFile(outputPath , GzipCodec.class);
-
     }
 
     private static <R extends Result> Dataset<Row> getPotentialResultToUpdate(
@@ -203,18 +173,6 @@ public class SparkCountryPropagationJob2 {
         return countryPropagationAssoc(spark, broadcast_datasourcecountryassoc);
     }
 
-    //    private static void createCfHbforresult(SparkSession spark) {
-    //        String query;
-    //        query = "SELECT id, inst.collectedfrom.key cf , inst.hostedby.key hb " +
-    //                "FROM ( SELECT id, instance " +
-    //                "FROM result " +
-    //                " WHERE datainfo.deletedbyinference = false)  ds " +
-    //                "LATERAL VIEW EXPLODE(instance) i AS inst";
-    //        Dataset<Row> cfhb = spark.sql(query);
-    //        cfhb.createOrReplaceTempView("cfhb");
-    //        //log.info("cfhb_number : {}", cfhb.count());
-    //    }
-
     private static Dataset<Row> countryPropagationAssoc(
             SparkSession spark,
             Broadcast<Dataset<DatasourceCountry>> broadcast_datasourcecountryassoc) {
@@ -248,16 +206,4 @@ public class SparkCountryPropagationJob2 {
                         value -> OBJECT_MAPPER.readValue(value, DatasourceCountry.class),
                         Encoders.bean(DatasourceCountry.class));
     }
-
-    private static void writeUpdates(
-            Dataset<ResultCountrySet> potentialUpdates, String outputPath) {
-        potentialUpdates
-                .toJSON()
-                .write()
-                .mode(SaveMode.Overwrite)
-                .option("compression", "gzip")
-                .text(outputPath);
-        //                map(u -> OBJECT_MAPPER.writeValueAsString(u))
-        //                .saveAsTextFile(outputPath, GzipCodec.class);
-    }
 }