diff --git a/workflow/main.nf b/workflow/main.nf
index 37841165a1d4172e16210f0039670484ee020d5b..acd7d531a8a23dec4c1cf67b0e2a4caedbe9314c 100755
--- a/workflow/main.nf
+++ b/workflow/main.nf
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ references = params.references
 process checkDesignFile {
 
   tag "${name}"
-  publishDir "${outDir}/misc/${task.process}/${name}", mode: 'copy'
   module 'python/3.6.1-2-anaconda'
 
   input:
@@ -309,7 +308,6 @@ process count310 {
 process versions {
 
   tag "${name}"
-  publishDir "${outDir}/misc/${task.process}/${name}", mode: 'copy'
   module 'python/3.6.1-2-anaconda:pandoc/2.7:multiqc/1.7'
 
   input:
@@ -357,4 +355,4 @@ process multiqc {
     multiqc -c ${multiqcConf} .
     """
 
-}
+}
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diff --git a/workflow/tests/test_check_design.py b/workflow/tests/test_check_design.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f425d09ab3a19ba1e610f451435a657f55d954ae..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/workflow/tests/test_check_design.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-#test_check_design.py
-#*
-#* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#* Licensed under MIT (https://git.biohpc.swmed.edu/BICF/Astrocyte/cellranger_count/blob/develop/LICENSE)
-#* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#*
-
-import pytest
-import pandas as pd
-from io import StringIO
-import os
-
-test_output_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + \
-		'/../output/misc/checkDesignFile/run/'
-
-@pytest.mark.count211
-def test_count211_design():
-    assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(test_output_path, 'design.checked.csv'))
-
-@pytest.mark.count301
-def test_count301_design():
-    assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(test_output_path, 'design.checked.csv'))
-
-@pytest.mark.count302
-def test_count302_design():
-    assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(test_output_path, 'design.checked.csv'))
-
-@pytest.mark.count310
-def test_count310_design():
-    assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(test_output_path, 'design.checked.csv'))
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diff --git a/workflow/tests/test_versions.py b/workflow/tests/test_versions.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 535e029ffc5f9a1d0eadc63b286397c81a2427c0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/workflow/tests/test_versions.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-#test_versions.py
-#*
-#* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#* Licensed under MIT (https://git.biohpc.swmed.edu/BICF/Astrocyte/cellranger_count/blob/develop/LICENSE)
-#* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#*
-
-import pytest
-import pandas as pd
-from io import StringIO
-import os
-
-test_output_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + \
-                '/../output/misc/versions/run/'
-
-@pytest.mark.count211
-def test_count211_versions():
-    assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(test_output_path, 'versions_mqc.yaml'))
-    assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(test_output_path, 'references_mqc.yaml'))
-
-@pytest.mark.count301
-def test_count301_versions():
-    assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(test_output_path, 'versions_mqc.yaml'))
-    assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(test_output_path, 'references_mqc.yaml'))
-
-@pytest.mark.count302
-def test_count302_versions():
-    assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(test_output_path, 'versions_mqc.yaml'))
-    assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(test_output_path, 'references_mqc.yaml'))
-
-@pytest.mark.count310
-def test_count310_versions():
-    assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(test_output_path, 'versions_mqc.yaml'))
-    assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(test_output_path, 'references_mqc.yaml'))
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