diff --git a/tests/software/ivar/consensus/main.nf b/tests/software/ivar/consensus/main.nf
index 146a7b72..5fdc851e 100644
--- a/tests/software/ivar/consensus/main.nf
+++ b/tests/software/ivar/consensus/main.nf
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ nextflow.enable.dsl = 2
 include { IVAR_CONSENSUS } from '../../../../software/ivar/consensus/main.nf' addParams([:])
 
 workflow test_ivar_consensus {
-    
-    bam = file("${launchDir}/tests/data/bam/test-sc2-artic-v3.bam", checkIfExists: true)
 
     def input = []
     input = [ [ id:'test'],