diff --git a/workflow/conf/biohpc.config b/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
index 9f29dcd8ee802c0a35e9b6649981f3b7900d9a81..c92f9f5ecb8b174f5a6db24c177638466451c90d 100644
--- a/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
+++ b/workflow/conf/biohpc.config
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ process {
   $alignReads{
     module = ['python/3.6.1-2-anaconda', 'bwa/intel/0.7.12', 'samtools/intel/1.3']
     cpus = 32
-    memory = 12.GB
   }
 }