diff --git a/backends/GenerateC.hs b/backends/GenerateC.hs
index d283aaa..c859bc3 100644
--- a/backends/GenerateC.hs
+++ b/backends/GenerateC.hs
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ data GenOps = GenOps {
     genArraySize :: GenOps -> Bool -> CGen () -> A.Name -> CGen (),
     -- | Writes out the dimensions of an array, that can be used to initialise the sizes of an array.  Fails if there is an 'A.UnknownDimension' present.
     genArraySizesLiteral :: GenOps -> A.Name -> A.Type -> CGen (),
-    -- | Writes out the size of the _sizes array, in square brackets.
-    genArraySizesSize :: GenOps -> [A.Dimension] -> CGen (),
     -- | Writes out the actual data storage array name.
     genArrayStoreName :: GenOps -> A.Name -> CGen(),
     -- | Generates an array subscript for the given variable (with error checking if the Bool is True), using the given expression list as subscripts
@@ -185,7 +183,6 @@ cgenOps = GenOps {
     genArrayLiteralElems = cgenArrayLiteralElems,
     genArraySize = cgenArraySize,
     genArraySizesLiteral = cgenArraySizesLiteral,
-    genArraySizesSize = cgenArraySizesSize,
     genArrayStoreName = const genName,
     genArraySubscript = cgenArraySubscript,
     genAssert = cgenAssert,
@@ -1198,9 +1195,7 @@ cgenDeclaration ops (A.Array ds t) n True
           tell [";"]
           tell ["int "]
           genName n
-          tell ["_sizes"]
-          call genArraySizesSize ops ds
-          tell [";"]
+          tell ["_sizes[",show $ length ds,"];"]
 cgenDeclaration ops t n _
     =  do call genType ops t
           tell [" "]
@@ -1216,13 +1211,6 @@ cgenFlatArraySize ops ds
                                  [case d of A.Dimension n -> tell [show n] | d <- ds]
           tell ["]"]
 
--- | Generate the size of the _sizes C array for an occam array.
-cgenArraySizesSize :: GenOps -> [A.Dimension] -> CGen ()
-cgenArraySizesSize ops ds
-    =  do tell ["["]
-          tell [show $ length ds]
-          tell ["]"]
-
 -- | Declare an _sizes array for a variable.
 cdeclareArraySizes :: GenOps -> A.Type -> A.Name -> CGen ()
 cdeclareArraySizes ops t name
diff --git a/backends/GenerateCTest.hs b/backends/GenerateCTest.hs
index c78e464..6361b38 100644
--- a/backends/GenerateCTest.hs
+++ b/backends/GenerateCTest.hs
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ testArraySizes = TestList
   testBoth "genArraySizesLiteral 0" "{3}" "tockArrayView<int,1>(foo_actual,tockDims(3))" (tcall2 genArraySizesLiteral foo $ A.Array [A.Dimension 3] A.Int) 
   ,testBoth "genArraySizesLiteral 1" "{3,6,8}" "tockArrayView<int,3>(foo_actual,tockDims(3,6,8))" (tcall2 genArraySizesLiteral foo $ A.Array [A.Dimension 3, A.Dimension 6, A.Dimension 8] A.Int) 
   ,testBothFail "genArraySizesLiteral 2" (tcall2 genArraySizesLiteral foo $ A.Array [A.Dimension 6, A.UnknownDimension] A.Int) 
-  ,testBothSame "genArraySizesSize 0" "[1]" (tcall genArraySizesSize [A.Dimension 7])
   ,testBothSame "genArraySize 0" "const int*foo_sizes=@;" (tcall3 genArraySize True at foo)
   ,testBothSame "genArraySize 1" "const int foo_sizes[]=@;" (tcall3 genArraySize False at foo)
   ,testBothSame "genArrayLiteralElems 0" "$" $ (tcall genArrayLiteralElems [A.ArrayElemExpr undefined]) . unfolded