diff --git a/.fortls b/.fortls
deleted file mode 100644
index 20162a203..000000000
--- a/.fortls
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "source_dirs": [
-    "src/**"
-  ],
-  "excl_suffixes": [
-    "_skip.F90",
-    ".bk",
-    ".ignore"
-  ],
-  "pp_suffixes": [
-    ".F90",
-    ".inc",
-    ".part",
-    ".f90"
-  ],
-  "pp_defs": {},
-  "include_dirs": [],
-  "ext_source_dirs": [],
-  "lowercase_intrinsics": false,
-  "debug_log": false,
-  "disable_diagnostics": false,
-  "sort_keywords": false,
-  "use_signature_help": true,
-  "hover_signature": true,
-  "hover_language": "fortran",
-  "enable_code_actions": false,
-  "symbol_skip_mem": false
-}
diff --git a/src/submodules/Polynomial/src/LineInterpolationUtility@Methods.F90 b/src/submodules/Polynomial/src/LineInterpolationUtility@Methods.F90
index 32f34c324..4c309f30c 100644
--- a/src/submodules/Polynomial/src/LineInterpolationUtility@Methods.F90
+++ b/src/submodules/Polynomial/src/LineInterpolationUtility@Methods.F90
@@ -478,7 +478,8 @@
 SUBROUTINE handle_vefc
   REAL(DFP) :: t1
 
-  IF (layout(1:2) .EQ. "VE") THEN
+  !! layout VEFC
+  IF (layout(1:1) .EQ. "V") THEN
     t1 = temp(order + 1)
     IF (order .GE. 2) THEN
       temp(3:order + 1) = temp(2:order)
@@ -491,7 +492,8 @@ END SUBROUTINE handle_vefc
 SUBROUTINE handle_increasing
   INTEGER(I4B) :: ii
 
-  IF (layout(1:2) .EQ. "IN") THEN
+  !! layout INCREASING
+  IF (layout(1:1) .EQ. "I") THEN
     DO ii = 1, nrow
       CALL HeapSort(ans(ii, :))
     END DO