diff --git a/src/cr2image.cpp b/src/cr2image.cpp

index 2907426..b6fa315 100644

--- a/src/cr2image.cpp

+++ b/src/cr2image.cpp

@@ -107,8 +107,6 @@ namespace Exiv2 {

             throw Error(3, "CR2");

         }

         clearMetadata();

-        std::ofstream devnull;

-        printStructure(devnull, kpsRecursive, 0);

         ByteOrder bo = Cr2Parser::decode(exifData_,

                                          iptcData_,

                                          xmpData_,

diff --git a/src/crwimage.cpp b/src/crwimage.cpp

index ca79aa7..11cd14c 100644

--- a/src/crwimage.cpp

+++ b/src/crwimage.cpp

@@ -131,15 +131,8 @@ namespace Exiv2 {

             throw Error(33);

         }

         clearMetadata();

-        // read all metadata into memory

-        // we should put this into clearMetadata(), however it breaks the test suite!

-        try {

-            std::ofstream devnull;

-            printStructure(devnull,kpsRecursive,0);

-        } catch (Exiv2::Error& /* e */) {

-            DataBuf file(io().size());

-            io_->read(file.pData_,file.size_);

-        }

+        DataBuf file( (long) io().size());

+        io_->read(file.pData_,file.size_);

         CrwParser::decode(this, io_->mmap(), io_->size());

diff --git a/src/orfimage.cpp b/src/orfimage.cpp

index c516591..9a17a50 100644

--- a/src/orfimage.cpp

+++ b/src/orfimage.cpp

@@ -119,8 +119,6 @@ namespace Exiv2 {

             throw Error(3, "ORF");

         }

         clearMetadata();

-        std::ofstream devnull;

-        printStructure(devnull, kpsRecursive, 0);

         ByteOrder bo = OrfParser::decode(exifData_,

                                          iptcData_,

                                          xmpData_,

diff --git a/src/rw2image.cpp b/src/rw2image.cpp

index 95f3b28..764de6f 100644

--- a/src/rw2image.cpp

+++ b/src/rw2image.cpp

@@ -130,8 +130,6 @@ namespace Exiv2 {

             throw Error(3, "RW2");

         }

         clearMetadata();

-        std::ofstream devnull;

-        printStructure(devnull, kpsRecursive, 0);

         ByteOrder bo = Rw2Parser::decode(exifData_,

                                          iptcData_,

                                          xmpData_,

diff --git a/src/tiffimage.cpp b/src/tiffimage.cpp

index f20c69e..9e6eda4 100644

--- a/src/tiffimage.cpp

+++ b/src/tiffimage.cpp

@@ -185,10 +185,6 @@ namespace Exiv2 {

         }

         clearMetadata();

-        // recursively print the structure to /dev/null to ensure all metadata is in memory

-        // must be recursive to handle NEFs which stores the raw image in a subIFDs

-        std::ofstream devnull;

-        printStructure(devnull,kpsRecursive,0);

         ByteOrder bo = TiffParser::decode(exifData_,

                                           iptcData_,

                                           xmpData_,