diff --git a/multiqc.wdl b/multiqc.wdl
index 55b57cc86dfdba0998f9fb521e8db20869875fd8..97a0ddb4d99d8abe58aafb780b8448aa111017fa 100644
--- a/multiqc.wdl
+++ b/multiqc.wdl
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ task MultiQC {
     }
 
     command {
-        set -e -o pipefail
-        ~{preCommand}
+        set -e
         mkdir -p ~{outDir}
         multiqc \
         ~{true="--force" false="" force} \