diff --git a/src/opticalcontroller/RSA.py b/src/opticalcontroller/RSA.py
index a88903ac5e1d1f823eb75917538425fc5858c8e5..84e1269f2f1be094f2f8f11e931a5a5d56c290be 100644
--- a/src/opticalcontroller/RSA.py
+++ b/src/opticalcontroller/RSA.py
@@ -269,15 +269,14 @@ class RSA():
         print(f"fib updated {fib}")    
         #print(fib)
         
-    def update_link_2(self, fib, slots, band,link):
+    def update_link_2(self, fib, slots, band):
         #print(fib)
         for i in slots:
             fib[band][str(i)] = 0
         if 'used' in fib:
             fib['used'] = True
       
-        set_link_update(fib,link)  
-        #print(fib)    
+    
 
     def update_optical_band(self, optical_band_id, slots, band):
         for i in slots:
@@ -294,14 +293,13 @@ class RSA():
             fib['used'] = False
         #fib[band].sort()
         
-    def restore_link_2(self, fib, slots, band,link):
-        print("start restoring link")
+    def restore_link_2(self, fib, slots, band):
+       
         for i in slots:
             fib[band][str(i)] = 1
         if 'used' in fib:
             fib['used'] = False
-        #fib[band].keys().sort()    
-        set_link_update(fib,link,test="restoration") 
+       
 
     def restore_optical_band(self, optical_band_id, slots, band):
         for i in slots:
@@ -512,7 +510,7 @@ class RSA():
                     if list_in_list(slots, str_list_to_int(fib[band].keys())):
                         #fiber_list[l] = fib["ID"]
                         #self.update_link(fib, slots, band)
-                        self.update_link_2(fib,slots,band,link)
+                        self.update_link_2(fib,slots,band)
                         break
         print("INFO: Path forward computation completed")
         return fiber_list
diff --git a/src/opticalcontroller/tools.py b/src/opticalcontroller/tools.py
index 12743699181d1384e6277044ff6e1339c1fdc502..7aa462a9110e641c1b40c7c61d304b1a19ca4c47 100644
--- a/src/opticalcontroller/tools.py
+++ b/src/opticalcontroller/tools.py
@@ -261,65 +261,5 @@ def handle_slot (slot_field, slot):
         slot_field[key]=value
 
 
-      
-def update_optical_band (optical_bands,optical_band_id,band,link):
-    key_list = optical_bands[optical_band_id][band].keys()
-    corrected_slots=optical_bands[optical_band_id][band]
-    print(f"band {band}")
-    print(f"corrected_slots_before {corrected_slots}")
-    if (len(key_list) < 20):
-        corrected_slots=correct_slot(optical_bands[optical_band_id][band])
-        
-    fib={}
-    print(f"corrected_slots_after {corrected_slots}")    
-    fib['c_slots']=link['optical_details']['c_slots']
-    fib['l_slots']=link['optical_details']['l_slots']
-    fib['s_slots']=link['optical_details']['s_slots']
-      
-    fib[band]=corrected_slots
-    fib["src_port"]=optical_bands[optical_band_id]['src_port']
-    fib["dst_port"]=optical_bands[optical_band_id]['dst_port']
-    fib["local_peer_port"]=link["optical_details"]["local_peer_port"]
-    fib["remote_peer_port"]=link["optical_details"]["remote_peer_port"]
-    set_link_update(fib,link,test=f"restoring_optical_band {link['link_id']}")
-    
-def set_link_update (fib:dict,link:dict,test="updating"):
-    
-    print(f"invoked from {test}")
-    print(f"fib updated {fib}")  
-    optical_link = OpticalLink()
-    linkId = LinkId()
-    linkId.link_uuid.uuid=link["link_id"]["link_uuid"]["uuid"]
-    optical_details = OpticalLinkDetails()
-    optical_link.optical_details.length=0
-    if "src_port" in fib :
-       optical_link.optical_details.src_port=fib["src_port"]
-    if "dst_port" in fib :   
-       optical_link.optical_details.dst_port=fib["dst_port"]
-    if "local_peer_port" in fib :   
-       optical_link.optical_details.local_peer_port=fib['local_peer_port']
-    if "remote_peer_port" in fib:   
-       optical_link.optical_details.remote_peer_port=fib['remote_peer_port']
-       
-    optical_link.optical_details.used=fib['used'] if 'used' in fib else False
-    if "c_slots" in fib :
-        
-        handle_slot( optical_link.optical_details.c_slots,fib["c_slots"])
-    if "s_slots" in fib :
-             
-       handle_slot( optical_link.optical_details.s_slots,fib["s_slots"])
-    if "l_slots" in fib :
-           
-       handle_slot( optical_link.optical_details.l_slots,fib["l_slots"])
 
-    
-    optical_link.name=link['name']
-  
-    optical_link.link_id.CopyFrom(linkId)
-    
-    ctx_client = ContextClient()
-    ctx_client.connect()
-    try:
-        ctx_client.SetOpticalLink(optical_link)
-    except Exception as err:
-        print (f"setOpticalLink {err}")    
+