From dbe109c704ad86bc43fda6e97e7c90059726e08d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Feickert <matthew.feickert@cern.ch>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2022 17:13:56 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] remove unused split

---
 src/yadage/steering_object.py | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/yadage/steering_object.py b/src/yadage/steering_object.py
index 63720f2..d6ddd35 100644
--- a/src/yadage/steering_object.py
+++ b/src/yadage/steering_object.py
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ def connect(
     @classmethod
     def create(cls, **kwargs):
         dataopts = kwargs.get("dataopts") or {}
-        if kwargs["dataarg"].startswith("local:"):
-            dataarg = kwargs["dataarg"].split(":", 1)[1]
-
         metadir = (
             kwargs["metadir"]
             if kwargs["metadir"] is not None