diff --git a/opm/io/eclipse/ESmry.hpp b/opm/io/eclipse/ESmry.hpp
index de033cd79..54eb709a5 100644
--- a/opm/io/eclipse/ESmry.hpp
+++ b/opm/io/eclipse/ESmry.hpp
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ private:
     std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> kwunits;
 
     std::vector<int> seqIndex;
-    std::vector<float> seqTime;
-
-    // start of simulation year, month, day, hr, min, microsec*1000000
     std::vector<int> startdat;
 
     std::vector<std::string> checkForMultipleResultFiles(const Opm::filesystem::path& rootN, bool formatted) const;
@@ -91,6 +88,19 @@ private:
     std::string lookupKey(const SummaryNode&) const;
 
     void write_block(std::ostream &, const std::vector<SummaryNode>&) const;
+
+
+    template <typename T>
+    std::vector<T> rstep_vector(const std::vector<T>& full_vector) const {
+        std::vector<T> rstep_vector;
+        rstep_vector.reserve(seqIndex.size());
+
+        for (const auto& ind : seqIndex){
+            rstep_vector.push_back(full_vector[ind]);
+        }
+
+        return rstep_vector;
+    }
 };
 
 }} // namespace Opm::EclIO
diff --git a/src/opm/io/eclipse/ESmry.cpp b/src/opm/io/eclipse/ESmry.cpp
index 6203ee2f0..7d9af0213 100644
--- a/src/opm/io/eclipse/ESmry.cpp
+++ b/src/opm/io/eclipse/ESmry.cpp
@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@ ESmry::ESmry(const std::string &filename, bool loadBaseRunData) :
             time = tmpData[0];
 
             if (time == 0.0) {
-                seqTime.push_back(time);
                 seqIndex.push_back(step);
             }
 
@@ -356,12 +355,10 @@ ESmry::ESmry(const std::string &filename, bool loadBaseRunData) :
                 if (std::get<0>(arraySourceList[i]) == "SEQHDR") {
                     i++;
                     reportStepNumber++;
-                    seqTime.push_back(time);
                     seqIndex.push_back(step);
                 }
             } else {
                 reportStepNumber++;
-                seqTime.push_back(time);
                 seqIndex.push_back(step);
             }
 
@@ -568,16 +565,7 @@ const std::vector<float>& ESmry::get(const std::string& name) const
 
 std::vector<float> ESmry::get_at_rstep(const std::string& name) const
 {
-    const std::vector<float> full_vector= this->get(name);
-
-    std::vector<float> rstep_vector;
-    rstep_vector.reserve(seqIndex.size());
-
-    for (const auto& ind : seqIndex){
-        rstep_vector.push_back(full_vector[ind]);
-    }
-
-    return rstep_vector;
+    return this->rstep_vector( this->get(name) );
 }
 
 int ESmry::timestepIdxAtReportstepStart(const int reportStep) const