diff --git a/src/ftools.ado b/src/ftools.ado
index 66aea4d..49a526e 100644
--- a/src/ftools.ado
+++ b/src/ftools.ado
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*! version 2.41.0 02nov2020
+*! version 2.42.0 28dec2020
 * This file is just used to compile ftools.mlib
 
 program define ftools
diff --git a/src/ftools.mata b/src/ftools.mata
index a5ecca1..661a492 100644
--- a/src/ftools.mata
+++ b/src/ftools.mata
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 	loc debug_off = cond(`debug', "off", "on")
 	
 	set matadebug `debug_on'
-	mata: mata clear
 	mata: mata set matastrict `debug_off'
 	mata: mata set mataoptimize on
     mata: mata set matadebug `debug_on'