diff --git a/src/nextflow.config b/src/nextflow.config
index ba6b5ee7fed3b5829537a9109a189b9259526059..a30fd44fa68eec707aafbb03aaabb0749af83429 100644
--- a/src/nextflow.config
+++ b/src/nextflow.config
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ profiles {
         queue = "monointeldeb128,monointeldeb192"
       }
       withLabel: big_mem_multi_cpus {
-        scratch = true
         executor = "sge"
         clusterOptions = "-cwd -V"
         cpus = 32