diff --git a/esm-collections/cloud-access/dkrz_catalog.yaml b/esm-collections/cloud-access/dkrz_catalog.yaml
index 15e0242f3d4d6602437dc0811929b89e358044bd..4ef7adc522a2aa940e66cfd815c4f0ef93211c8a 100755
--- a/esm-collections/cloud-access/dkrz_catalog.yaml
+++ b/esm-collections/cloud-access/dkrz_catalog.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ metadata:
       - path
       - units
       - long_name
-      - step
       - short_name
       type: list[str]
     cataloonie_columns:
diff --git a/esm-collections/cloud-access/dkrz_era5_disk.json b/esm-collections/cloud-access/dkrz_era5_disk.json
index f054dc16c14568ccc0991a1ff64166be2f1310b2..0e2d7a13b3c901f2bcf9a59ab48833b266fe8a0a 100755
--- a/esm-collections/cloud-access/dkrz_era5_disk.json
+++ b/esm-collections/cloud-access/dkrz_era5_disk.json
@@ -71,10 +71,6 @@
             "column_name": "units",
             "vocabulary": ""
         },
-        {
-            "column_name": "step",
-            "vocabulary": ""
-        },
         {
             "column_name": "path",
             "vocabulary": ""
diff --git a/esm-collections/disk-access/dkrz_catalog.yaml b/esm-collections/disk-access/dkrz_catalog.yaml
index a7d544464d9d923fc1ddc1a51f0762dd5cb680cb..d7b4ca6b9503ae9f8e64e53a93777d09c8233437 100755
--- a/esm-collections/disk-access/dkrz_catalog.yaml
+++ b/esm-collections/disk-access/dkrz_catalog.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ metadata:
       - path
       - units
       - long_name
-      - step
       - short_name
       type: list[str]
     cataloonie_columns:
diff --git a/esm-collections/disk-access/dkrz_era5_disk.json b/esm-collections/disk-access/dkrz_era5_disk.json
index 0ecb88d602d0a3bb9266b2be7ae06104e65e1622..7b55c2d8714fdf6db784d4b587b25528ba9f283c 100755
--- a/esm-collections/disk-access/dkrz_era5_disk.json
+++ b/esm-collections/disk-access/dkrz_era5_disk.json
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@
       "column_name": "units",
       "vocabulary": ""
     },
-    {
-      "column_name": "step",
-      "vocabulary": ""
-    },
     {
       "column_name": "path",
       "vocabulary": ""