diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-cice.yml b/.github/workflows/test-cice.yml
index 776fd7664..93abc6fa6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-cice.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-cice.yml
@@ -26,18 +26,14 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
 #        os: [macos-latest, ubuntu-latest]
-#        os: [macos-latest]
-        os: [macos-12.6]
+        os: [macos-latest]
 #        os: [macos-13]
 #        os: [ubuntu-latest]
         include: 
 #          - os: macos-13
 #            envdef: macos
 #            minicond: Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh
-#          - os: macos-latest
-#            envdef: macos
-#            minicond: Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh
-          - os: macos-12.6
+          - os: macos-latest
             envdef: macos
             minicond: Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh
 #          - os: ubuntu-latest
@@ -151,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd $HOME/cice-dirs/input
           wget --progress=dot:giga https://zenodo.org/record/3728358/files/CICE_data_gx3_grid_ic-20200320.tar.gz && tar xvfz CICE_data_gx3_grid_ic-20200320.tar.gz
-          wget --progress=dot:giga https://zenodo.org/record/3728362/files/CICE_data_gx3_forcing_NCAR_bulk-20200320.tar.gz && tar xvfz CICE_data_gx3_forcing_NCAR_bulk-20200320.tar.gz
+#          wget --progress=dot:giga https://zenodo.org/record/3728362/files/CICE_data_gx3_forcing_NCAR_bulk-20200320.tar.gz && tar xvfz CICE_data_gx3_forcing_NCAR_bulk-20200320.tar.gz
           wget --progress=dot:giga https://zenodo.org/record/3728364/files/CICE_data_gx3_forcing_JRA55-20200320.tar.gz && tar xvfz CICE_data_gx3_forcing_JRA55-20200320.tar.gz
           pwd
           ls -alR
diff --git a/cicecore/shared/ice_init_column.F90 b/cicecore/shared/ice_init_column.F90
index 22cd3184a..f2280f0b4 100644
--- a/cicecore/shared/ice_init_column.F90
+++ b/cicecore/shared/ice_init_column.F90
@@ -2218,7 +2218,7 @@ subroutine count_tracers
       if (my_task == master_task) then
          call icepack_write_tracer_flags(nu_diag)
          call icepack_write_tracer_sizes(nu_diag)
-         call icepack_write_tracer_indices(nu_diag)
+!tcx         call icepack_write_tracer_indices(nu_diag)
       endif
       call icepack_warnings_flush(nu_diag)
       if (icepack_warnings_aborted()) call abort_ice(error_message=subname//' Icepack Abort3', &