diff --git a/groundStation/src/backend/getcontrol.c b/groundStation/src/backend/getcontrol.c
index 460f3a03870a05677abd69eb41036d1c219abe3b..7b11ee302f9a793d06985de8bf5edd425c46c966 100644
--- a/groundStation/src/backend/getcontrol.c
+++ b/groundStation/src/backend/getcontrol.c
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
 enum GetcontrolData {
 	CTRL_ID,
 	CTRLVAL_ID,
-	VAL_1,
-	VAL_2,
-	VAL_3,
-	VAL_4,
 	GC_DATA_SIZE
 };
 
@@ -32,10 +28,6 @@ ssize_t EncodeGetcontrol(
 
 	data[CTRL_ID] = cm->id;
 	data[CTRLVAL_ID] = cm->value_id;
-	data[VAL_1] = FloatByte1(cm->value);
-	data[VAL_2] = FloatByte2(cm->value);
-	data[VAL_3] = FloatByte3(cm->value);
-	data[VAL_4] = FloatByte4(cm->value);
 
 	return GC_DATA_SIZE;
 }
@@ -58,8 +50,6 @@ int DecodeGetcontrol(
 
 	cm->id = data[CTRL_ID];
 	cm->value_id = data[CTRLVAL_ID];
-	cm->value = BytesToFloat(data[VAL_1], data[VAL_2],
-			data[VAL_3], data[VAL_4]);
 
 	return 0;
 }