diff --git a/survivor.wdl b/survivor.wdl
index 13119324ff965be69c68a837e3aa9b9806de5cab..68244846494db519d616ed5c7d0e4eb19e271213 100644
--- a/survivor.wdl
+++ b/survivor.wdl
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ task Merge {
         Int strandType = 1
         Int distanceBySvSize = 0
         Int minSize = 30
-        String sample
         String outputPath
-
         String memory = "24G"
         String dockerImage = "quay.io/biocontainers/survivor:1.0.6--h6bb024c_0"
     }
@@ -49,7 +47,6 @@ task Merge {
         strandType: {description: "A boolean to include strand type of an SV to be merged", category: "advanced"}
         distanceBySvSize: {description: "A boolean to predict the pairwise distance between the SVs based on their size", category: "advanced"}
         minSize: {description: "The mimimum size of SV to be merged", category: "advanced"}
-        sample: {description: "The name of the sample", category: "required"}
         outputPath: {description: "The location the output VCF file should be written.", category: "common"}
         memory: {description: "The memory required to run the programs", category: "advanced"}
         dockerImage: {description: "The docker image used for this task. Changing this may result in errors which the developers may choose not to address.", category: "advanced"}