diff --git a/src/PASseq.nf b/src/PASseq.nf
index bb0b7197ae49aaddb7935ad30fb53899fdb7c527..8f00b17a817444193ab1e73d7f90a248214be857 100644
--- a/src/PASseq.nf
+++ b/src/PASseq.nf
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ Channel
 
 process trimming {
   tag "$file_id"
-  publishDir "${params.output}/01_trimming/", mode: 'copy'
 
   input:
   set file_id, file(fastq_raw) from fastq_raw_flow