diff --git a/src/coreComponents/common/format/table/TableData.cpp b/src/coreComponents/common/format/table/TableData.cpp
index 0504be3626..8e1a54a058 100644
--- a/src/coreComponents/common/format/table/TableData.cpp
+++ b/src/coreComponents/common/format/table/TableData.cpp
@@ -23,18 +23,8 @@
 namespace geos
 {
 
-void TableData::addRow( std::vector< TableData::CellData > const & rows )
+void TableData::addRow( std::vector< TableData::CellData > const & row )
 {
-  if( m_rows.size() != 0 && rows.size() != m_rows[m_rows.size() - 1].size() )
-  {
-    string msg = "Remarks : some cells may be missing";
-    std::cout << '\n';
-    if( std::find( m_errorsMsg.begin(), m_errorsMsg.end(), msg ) == m_errorsMsg.end())
-    {
-      m_errorsMsg.push_back( msg );
-    }
-  }
-
   m_rows.push_back( rows );
 }
 
@@ -61,11 +51,6 @@ std::vector< std::vector< TableData::CellData > > const & TableData::getTableDat
   return m_rows;
 }
 
-std::vector< string > const & TableData::getErrorMsgs() const
-{
-  return m_errorsMsg;
-}
-
 void TableData2D::collectTableValues( arraySlice1d< real64 const > rowAxisValues,
                                       arraySlice1d< real64 const > columnAxisValues,
                                       arrayView1d< real64 const > values )
diff --git a/src/coreComponents/common/format/table/TableData.hpp b/src/coreComponents/common/format/table/TableData.hpp
index a2f1989b79..04d524c5f6 100644
--- a/src/coreComponents/common/format/table/TableData.hpp
+++ b/src/coreComponents/common/format/table/TableData.hpp
@@ -87,9 +87,6 @@ class TableData
   /// vector containing all rows with cell values
   std::vector< std::vector< CellData > > m_rows;
 
-  /// store error if there are any inconsistencies related to the table
-  std::vector< string > m_errorsMsg;
-
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/coreComponents/common/format/table/TableFormatter.hpp b/src/coreComponents/common/format/table/TableFormatter.hpp
index 4c06e9707b..140309174c 100644
--- a/src/coreComponents/common/format/table/TableFormatter.hpp
+++ b/src/coreComponents/common/format/table/TableFormatter.hpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class TableFormatter
 public:
   /// Represent the TableData values
   using RowsCellInput = std::vector< std::vector< TableData::CellData > >;
-  /// Represent the Table (header or values) structured 
+  /// Represent the Table (header or values) structured
   using CellLayoutRows = std::vector< std::vector< TableLayout::CellLayout > >;
 
 
diff --git a/src/coreComponents/common/format/table/TableLayout.hpp b/src/coreComponents/common/format/table/TableLayout.hpp
index 24cf26b522..c7d1f57dac 100644
--- a/src/coreComponents/common/format/table/TableLayout.hpp
+++ b/src/coreComponents/common/format/table/TableLayout.hpp
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class TableLayout
 
     /**
      * @brief Set the column visibility.
-     * @param CellType Cell type to apply to hide the colmun 
+     * @param CellType Cell type to apply to hide the colmun
      * @return The current column .
      */
     Column & setVisibility( CellType celltype );
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ class TableLayout
 
   /**
    * @brief Get the max depth of a column
-   * @return The max column depth 
+   * @return The max column depth
    */
   size_t getMaxDepth() const;