diff --git a/workflow/conf/biohpc.config b/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
index c43f8e0d85733142342c9c6ca44886f6d448f6ad..74795c41b9035e8a9bf8241ac0fcd54cfcd1449c 100644
--- a/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
+++ b/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ process {
   }
   $poolAndPsuedoReads {
     module = ['python/3.6.1-2-anaconda']
-    executor = 'local'
     cpus = 32
   }
 }