diff --git a/ush/check_ice_netcdf.sh b/ush/check_ice_netcdf.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9d2d945a8b..0000000000
--- a/ush/check_ice_netcdf.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env bash
-
-yyyy=${1?}
-mm=${2?}
-dd=${3?}
-cyc=${4?}
-fhr=${5?}
-ROTDIR=${6?}
-member=${7?}
-FHOUT_ICE_GFS=${8?}
-
-fhri=$((10#${fhr}))
-
-#Will need to consider fhmin in the future to calculate the offset if we are to stick with this approach. 
-((offset = ( cyc ) % FHOUT_ICE_GFS))
-
-if (( offset != 0  )); then
-  (( fhri = fhri - cyc ))
-  fhr3=$(printf %03i "${fhri}")
-  if (( fhri <= FHOUT_ICE_GFS  )); then
-    (( interval = FHOUT_ICE_GFS - cyc )) 
-    ncfile=${ROTDIR}/gefs.${yyyy}${mm}${dd}/${cyc}/mem${member}/model/ice/history/gefs.ice.t${cyc}z.${interval}hr_avg.f${fhr3}.nc
-  else
-    ncfile=${ROTDIR}/gefs.${yyyy}${mm}${dd}/${cyc}/mem${member}/model/ice/history/gefs.ice.t${cyc}z.${FHOUT_ICE_GFS}hr_avg.f${fhr3}.nc
-  fi
-else
-  ncfile=${ROTDIR}/gefs.${yyyy}${mm}${dd}/${cyc}/mem${member}/model/ice/history/gefs.ice.t${cyc}z.${FHOUT_ICE_GFS}hr_avg.f${fhr}.nc
-fi
-
-#Check if netcdf file exists.
-if [[ ! -f "${ncfile}" ]];then
-  rc=1
-else
-  #Check if netcdf file is older than 2 minutes.
-  ncage="$(find "${ncfile}" -mmin -2)"
-  if [[ -n "${ncage}" ]]; then
-    rc=1
-  else
-    rc=0
-  fi
-fi
-
-exit "${rc}"
diff --git a/ush/forecast_predet.sh b/ush/forecast_predet.sh
index 9e08a12dd8..d7c04ea699 100755
--- a/ush/forecast_predet.sh
+++ b/ush/forecast_predet.sh
@@ -642,15 +642,8 @@ CICE_predet(){
 
   # CICE does not have a concept of high frequency output like FV3
   # Convert output settings into an explicit list for CICE
-  if (( $(( ( cyc + FHMIN ) % FHOUT_ICE )) == 0 )); then
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2312
-    mapfile -t CICE_OUTPUT_FH < <(seq "${FHMIN}" "${FHOUT_ICE}" "${FHMAX}") || exit 10
-  else
-    CICE_OUTPUT_FH=("${FHMIN}")
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2312
-    mapfile -t -O "${#CICE_OUTPUT_FH[@]}" CICE_OUTPUT_FH < <(seq "$(( FHMIN + $(( ( cyc + FHMIN ) % FHOUT_ICE )) ))" "${FHOUT_ICE}" "${FHMAX}") || exit 10
-    CICE_OUTPUT_FH+=("${FHMAX}")
-  fi
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2312
+  mapfile -t CICE_OUTPUT_FH < <(seq "${FHMIN}" "${FHOUT_ICE}" "${FHMAX}") || exit 10
 
   # Fix files
   ${NCP} "${FIXgfs}/cice/${ICERES}/${CICE_GRID}" "${DATA}/"
diff --git a/ush/python/pygfs/task/oceanice_products.py b/ush/python/pygfs/task/oceanice_products.py
index 98b57ae801..39ec53b100 100644
--- a/ush/python/pygfs/task/oceanice_products.py
+++ b/ush/python/pygfs/task/oceanice_products.py
@@ -58,22 +58,10 @@ def __init__(self, config: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
 
         valid_datetime = add_to_datetime(self.task_config.current_cycle, to_timedelta(f"{self.task_config.FORECAST_HOUR}H"))
 
+        forecast_hour = self.task_config.FORECAST_HOUR
         if self.task_config.COMPONENT == 'ice':
-            offset = int(self.task_config.current_cycle.strftime("%H")) % self.task_config.FHOUT_ICE_GFS
-            # For CICE cases where offset is not 0, forecast_hour needs to be adjusted based on the offset.
-            # TODO: Consider FHMIN when calculating offset.
-            if offset != 0:
-                forecast_hour = self.task_config.FORECAST_HOUR - int(self.task_config.current_cycle.strftime("%H"))
-                # For the first forecast hour, the interval may be different from the intervals of subsequent forecast hours
-                if forecast_hour <= self.task_config.FHOUT_ICE_GFS:
-                    interval = self.task_config.FHOUT_ICE_GFS - int(self.task_config.current_cycle.strftime("%H"))
-                else:
-                    interval = self.task_config.FHOUT_ICE_GFS
-            else:
-                forecast_hour = self.task_config.FORECAST_HOUR
-                interval = self.task_config.FHOUT_ICE_GFS
+            interval = self.task_config.FHOUT_ICE_GFS
         if self.task_config.COMPONENT == 'ocean':
-            forecast_hour = self.task_config.FORECAST_HOUR
             interval = self.task_config.FHOUT_OCN_GFS
 
         # TODO: This is a bit of a hack, but it works for now
diff --git a/workflow/rocoto/gefs_tasks.py b/workflow/rocoto/gefs_tasks.py
index 8a4f148f24..3b72677a58 100644
--- a/workflow/rocoto/gefs_tasks.py
+++ b/workflow/rocoto/gefs_tasks.py
@@ -213,21 +213,11 @@ def _atmosoceaniceprod(self, component: str):
         history_path = self._template_to_rocoto_cycstring(self._base[history_path_tmpl], {'MEMDIR': 'mem#member#'})
         deps = []
         data = f'{history_path}/{history_file_tmpl}'
-        if component in ['ocean']:
-            dep_dict = {'type': 'data', 'data': data, 'age': 120}
-            deps.append(rocoto.add_dependency(dep_dict))
-            dep_dict = {'type': 'metatask', 'name': 'fcst_mem#member#'}
-            deps.append(rocoto.add_dependency(dep_dict))
-            dependencies = rocoto.create_dependency(dep=deps, dep_condition='or')
-        elif component in ['ice']:
-            command = f"{self.HOMEgfs}/ush/check_ice_netcdf.sh @Y @m @d @H #fhr# &ROTDIR; #member# {fhout_ice_gfs}"
-            dep_dict = {'type': 'sh', 'command': command}
-            deps.append(rocoto.add_dependency(dep_dict))
-            dependencies = rocoto.create_dependency(dep=deps)
-        else:
-            dep_dict = {'type': 'data', 'data': data, 'age': 120}
-            deps.append(rocoto.add_dependency(dep_dict))
-            dependencies = rocoto.create_dependency(dep=deps)
+        dep_dict = {'type': 'data', 'data': data, 'age': 120}
+        deps.append(rocoto.add_dependency(dep_dict))
+        dep_dict = {'type': 'metatask', 'name': 'fcst_mem#member#'}
+        deps.append(rocoto.add_dependency(dep_dict))
+        dependencies = rocoto.create_dependency(dep=deps, dep_condition='or')
 
         postenvars = self.envars.copy()
         postenvar_dict = {'ENSMEM': '#member#',