diff --git a/workflow/applications/applications.py b/workflow/applications/applications.py
index 64440830c1..6a4d240fe5 100644
--- a/workflow/applications/applications.py
+++ b/workflow/applications/applications.py
@@ -79,18 +79,12 @@ def __init__(self, conf: Configuration) -> None:
                 self.wave_cdumps = [wave_cdump]
 
         self.aero_anl_cdumps = None
-        self.aero_fcst_cdumps = None
         if self.do_aero:
             aero_anl_cdump = _base.get('AERO_ANL_CDUMP', 'BOTH').lower()
             if aero_anl_cdump in ['both']:
                 self.aero_anl_cdumps = ['gfs', 'gdas']
             elif aero_anl_cdump in ['gfs', 'gdas']:
                 self.aero_anl_cdumps = [aero_anl_cdump]
-            aero_fcst_cdump = _base.get('AERO_FCST_CDUMP', None).lower()
-            if aero_fcst_cdump in ['both']:
-                self.aero_fcst_cdumps = ['gfs', 'gdas']
-            elif aero_fcst_cdump in ['gfs', 'gdas']:
-                self.aero_fcst_cdumps = [aero_fcst_cdump]
 
     def _init_finalize(self, conf: Configuration):
         print("Finalizing initialize")
diff --git a/workflow/applications/gfs_forecast_only.py b/workflow/applications/gfs_forecast_only.py
index 938a514896..e219032551 100644
--- a/workflow/applications/gfs_forecast_only.py
+++ b/workflow/applications/gfs_forecast_only.py
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ def _get_app_configs(self):
             configs += ['atmos_products']
 
             if self.do_aero:
-                if not self._base['EXP_WARM_START']:
-                    configs += ['aerosol_init']
+                configs += ['aerosol_init']
 
             if self.do_tracker:
                 configs += ['tracker']
@@ -88,10 +87,9 @@ def get_task_names(self):
         tasks = ['stage_ic']
 
         if self.do_aero:
-            aero_fcst_cdump = self._base.get('AERO_FCST_CDUMP', 'BOTH').lower()
+            aero_fcst_cdump = _base.get('AERO_FCST_CDUMP', 'BOTH').lower()
             if self._base['CDUMP'] in aero_fcst_cdump or aero_fcst_cdump == "both":
-                if not self._base['EXP_WARM_START']:
-                    tasks += ['aerosol_init']
+                tasks += ['aerosol_init']
 
         if self.do_wave:
             tasks += ['waveinit']
diff --git a/workflow/rocoto/gfs_tasks.py b/workflow/rocoto/gfs_tasks.py
index c14c3e2898..530ea465c4 100644
--- a/workflow/rocoto/gfs_tasks.py
+++ b/workflow/rocoto/gfs_tasks.py
@@ -856,9 +856,7 @@ def _fcst_forecast_only(self):
             dep_dict = {'type': 'task', 'name': f'{self.cdump}{wave_job}'}
             dependencies.append(rocoto.add_dependency(dep_dict))
 
-        if self.app_config.do_aero and \
-           self.cdump in self.app_config.aero_fcst_cdumps and \
-           not self._base['EXP_WARM_START']:
+        if self.app_config.do_aero and self.cdump in self.app_config.aero_fcst_cdumps:
             # Calculate offset based on CDUMP = gfs | gdas
             interval = None
             if self.cdump in ['gfs']: