diff --git a/workflow/scripts/xcor.py b/workflow/scripts/xcor.py
index eddfc0d23eeacd9e30ca3540802943172535fc22..3b1328cc80759d8e653d9c7d333102302113d43e 100644
--- a/workflow/scripts/xcor.py
+++ b/workflow/scripts/xcor.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def check_tools():
 
         # Get Version
         spp_version_command = "R -e \"packageVersion('spp')\""
-        spp_version = subprocess.check_output(spp_version_command, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        spp_version = subprocess.check_output(spp_version_command, shell=True)
 
         # Write to file
         spp_file = open("version_spp.txt", "wb")