diff --git a/scenedetect/scene_manager.py b/scenedetect/scene_manager.py
index 82cce1cb..7397ca82 100644
--- a/scenedetect/scene_manager.py
+++ b/scenedetect/scene_manager.py
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
 from scenedetect.thirdparty.simpletable import SimpleTableRow, SimpleTable, HTMLPage
 
 
-
 ##
 ## SceneManager Helper Functions
 ##
@@ -126,10 +125,7 @@ def write_scene_list(output_csv_file, scene_list, cut_list=None):
     """
     # type: (File, List[Tuple[FrameTimecode, FrameTimecode]], Optional[List[FrameTimecode]]) -> None
     csv_writer = get_csv_writer(output_csv_file)
-    # Output Timecode List
-    csv_writer.writerow(
-        ["Timecode List:"] +
-        cut_list if cut_list else [start.get_timecode() for start, _ in scene_list[1:]])
+
     csv_writer.writerow([
         "Scene Number",
         "Start Frame", "Start Timecode", "Start Time (seconds)",
@@ -626,4 +622,3 @@ def detect_scenes(self, frame_source, end_time=None, frame_skip=0,
                 progress_bar.close()
 
         return num_frames
-
diff --git a/scenedetect/stats_manager.py b/scenedetect/stats_manager.py
index 933a399c..cfe00287 100644
--- a/scenedetect/stats_manager.py
+++ b/scenedetect/stats_manager.py
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
 ## StatsManager CSV File Column Names (Header Row)
 ##
 
-COLUMN_NAME_FPS = "Frame Rate:"
 COLUMN_NAME_FRAME_NUMBER = "Frame Number"
 COLUMN_NAME_TIMECODE = "Timecode"
 
@@ -249,7 +248,6 @@ def save_to_csv(self, csv_file, base_timecode, force_save=True):
                 self._registered_metrics and self._frame_metrics):
             # Header rows.
             metric_keys = sorted(list(self._registered_metrics.union(self._loaded_metrics)))
-            csv_writer.writerow([COLUMN_NAME_FPS, '%.10f' % base_timecode.get_framerate()])
             csv_writer.writerow(
                 [COLUMN_NAME_FRAME_NUMBER, COLUMN_NAME_TIMECODE] + metric_keys)
             frame_keys = sorted(self._frame_metrics.keys())
@@ -298,16 +296,7 @@ def load_from_csv(self, csv_file, base_timecode=None, reset_save_required=True):
         except StopIteration:
             # If the file is blank or we couldn't decode anything, assume the file was empty.
             return num_frames
-        # First Row (FPS = [...]) and ensure framerate equals base_timecode if set.
-        if not len(row) == 2 or not row[0] == COLUMN_NAME_FPS:
-            raise StatsFileCorrupt()
-        stats_file_framerate = float(row[1])
-        if stats_file_framerate < MINIMUM_FRAMES_PER_SECOND_FLOAT:
-            raise StatsFileCorrupt("Invalid framerate detected in CSV stats file "
-                                   "(decoded FPS: %f)." % stats_file_framerate)
-        if base_timecode is not None and not base_timecode.equal_framerate(stats_file_framerate):
-            raise StatsFileFramerateMismatch(base_timecode.get_framerate(), stats_file_framerate)
-        # Second Row: Frame Num, Timecode, [metrics...]
+        # First Row: Frame Num, Timecode, [metrics...]
         try:
             row = next(csv_reader)
         except StopIteration:
@@ -359,4 +348,3 @@ def _metric_exists(self, frame_number, metric_key):
         # type: (int, List[str]) -> bool
         return (frame_number in self._frame_metrics and
                 metric_key in self._frame_metrics[frame_number])
-