diff --git a/include/ncauth.h b/include/ncauth.h
index 6022afa3a3..d1a88fb815 100644
--- a/include/ncauth.h
+++ b/include/ncauth.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ typedef struct NCauth {
 	char *user; /*CURLOPT_USERNAME*/
 	char *pwd; /*CURLOPT_PASSWORD*/
     } creds;
-    char* s3profile;
 } NCauth;
 
 #if defined(__cplusplus)
diff --git a/libdispatch/dauth.c b/libdispatch/dauth.c
index 9cd335eeba..4700e1c33b 100644
--- a/libdispatch/dauth.c
+++ b/libdispatch/dauth.c
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ Copyright (c) 1998-2018 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Unidata
 See COPYRIGHT for license information.
 */
 
-
 #include "config.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -177,16 +176,6 @@ NC_authsetup(NCauth** authp, NCURI* uri)
       nullfree(user);
       nullfree(pwd);
     }
-
-    /* Get the Default profile */
-    if((ret=NC_authgets3profile("no",&ap))) goto done;
-    if(ap == NULL)
-        if((ret=NC_authgets3profile("default",&ap))) goto done;
-    if(ap != NULL)
-        auth->s3profile = strdup(ap->name);
-    else
-        auth->s3profile = NULL;
-
     if(authp) {*authp = auth; auth = NULL;}
 done:
     nullfree(uri_hostport);
@@ -217,7 +206,6 @@ NC_authfree(NCauth* auth)
     nullfree(auth->proxy.pwd);
     nullfree(auth->creds.user);
     nullfree(auth->creds.pwd);
-    nullfree(auth->s3profile);
     nullfree(auth);
 }
 
diff --git a/libdispatch/nch5s3comms.c b/libdispatch/nch5s3comms.c
index 321538e3f8..db0fb72b92 100644
--- a/libdispatch/nch5s3comms.c
+++ b/libdispatch/nch5s3comms.c
@@ -1722,6 +1722,9 @@ H5FD__s3comms_load_aws_creds_from_file(FILE *file, const char *profile_name, cha
     return (ret_value);
 } /* end H5FD__s3comms_load_aws_creds_from_file() */
 
+#if 0
+Currently not used. See instead NC_aws_load_credentials.
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function: NCH5_s3comms_load_aws_profile()
  * Purpose :
@@ -1805,6 +1808,7 @@ NCH5_s3comms_load_aws_profile(const char *profile_name, char *key_id_out, char *
 
     return (ret_value);
 } /* end NCH5_s3comms_load_aws_profile() */
+#endif /*0*/
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function: NCH5_s3comms_nlowercase()