diff --git a/src/nf_modules/flexi_splitter/main.nf b/src/nf_modules/flexi_splitter/main.nf
index 138e371843be126be512626aafa910224a93fbde..8ab15f301fbed7872508441a3609cf6ce617783b 100644
--- a/src/nf_modules/flexi_splitter/main.nf
+++ b/src/nf_modules/flexi_splitter/main.nf
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ process split {
   } else {
     file_prefix = file_id
   }
-  def whitelist_param = ""
-  if (whitelist_id != "NO CONFIG"){
-    whitelist_param = "-w ${white_list}"
-  }
 
   if (reads.size() == 2)
   """