Index: trunk/ppStats/src/ppStats.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/ppStats/src/ppStats.c	(revision 13658)
+++ trunk/ppStats/src/ppStats.c	(revision 13675)
@@ -9,6 +9,5 @@
 #include "ppStats.h"
 
-psMetadata *ppStats(psMetadata *out,    // Output metadata
-                    pmFPA *fpa,         // FPA for which to get statistics
+psMetadata *ppStats(pmFPA *fpa,         // FPA for which to get statistics
                     pmFPAview *view,    // View for analysis
                     psMaskType maskVal, // Value to mask
@@ -46,5 +45,5 @@
     // Go through the FPA and do the hard work
     psExit status;                      // Status of statistics loop
-    psMetadata *result = ppStatsLoop(&status, out, data, config);
+    psMetadata *result = ppStatsLoop(&status, data, config);
     if (status != PS_EXIT_SUCCESS) {
         psError (PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "Not able to measure FPA statistics.\n");
Index: trunk/ppStats/src/ppStats.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/ppStats/src/ppStats.h	(revision 13658)
+++ trunk/ppStats/src/ppStats.h	(revision 13675)
@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@
 
 // Perform the ppStats steps
-psMetadata *ppStats(psMetadata *out,    // Output metadata
-                    pmFPA *fpa,         // FPA for which to get statistics
+psMetadata *ppStats(pmFPA *fpa,         // FPA for which to get statistics
                     pmFPAview *view,    // View for analysis
                     psMaskType maskVal, // Value to mask
Index: trunk/ppStats/src/ppStatsLoop.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/ppStats/src/ppStatsLoop.c	(revision 13658)
+++ trunk/ppStats/src/ppStatsLoop.c	(revision 13675)
@@ -353,5 +353,4 @@
 
 psMetadata *ppStatsLoop(psExit *result,
-                        psMetadata *fpaResults, // Metadata to hold the FPA results
                         ppStatsData *data, // The data
                         const pmConfig *config // Configuration
@@ -369,8 +368,5 @@
 
     // allocate a new one if needed
-    psMetadata *newResults = fpaResults;
-    if (!newResults) {
-        newResults = psMetadataAlloc();
-    }
+    psMetadata *newResults = psMetadataAlloc();
 
     // Iterate through the FPA
Index: trunk/ppStats/src/ppStatsLoop.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/ppStats/src/ppStatsLoop.h	(revision 13658)
+++ trunk/ppStats/src/ppStatsLoop.h	(revision 13675)
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@
 // Loop over the input image and do all the hard work
 psMetadata *ppStatsLoop(psExit *result,
-			psMetadata *fpaResults, // Metadata to hold the FPA results
                         ppStatsData *data, // The data
                         const pmConfig *config // Configuration
Index: trunk/ppStats/src/ppStatsStandAlone.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/ppStats/src/ppStatsStandAlone.c	(revision 13658)
+++ trunk/ppStats/src/ppStatsStandAlone.c	(revision 13675)
@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@
 
     // Go through the FPA and do the hard work
-    psMetadata *results = ppStatsLoop(&status, NULL, data, config);
+    psMetadata *results = ppStatsLoop(&status, data, config);
     if (status != PS_EXIT_SUCCESS) {
         psErrorStackPrint(stderr, "Error in stats loop.\n");