diff --git a/public/biopet-tools/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/GensToVcf.scala b/public/biopet-tools/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/GensToVcf.scala
index e6f37c163d9240e454af167629322964f0e6d388..432e56040622acda3632543edb38ded17e32b6a4 100644
--- a/public/biopet-tools/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/GensToVcf.scala
+++ b/public/biopet-tools/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/GensToVcf.scala
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ object GensToVcf extends ToolCommand {
     val metaLines = new util.HashSet[VCFHeaderLine]()
     metaLines.add(new VCFFormatHeaderLine("GT", 1, VCFHeaderLineType.String, ""))
     metaLines.add(new VCFFormatHeaderLine("GP", VCFHeaderLineCount.UNBOUNDED, VCFHeaderLineType.Float, ""))
-    metaLines.add(new VCFFormatHeaderLine("PL", VCFHeaderLineCount.UNBOUNDED, VCFHeaderLineType.Integer, ""))
 
     val reference = new FastaSequenceFile(cmdArgs.referenceFasta, true)
     require(reference.getSequenceDictionary.getSequence(cmdArgs.contig) != null,
@@ -134,7 +133,6 @@ object GensToVcf extends ToolCommand {
             .name(sampleName)
             .alleles(alleles)
             .attribute("GP", gps)
-            .PL(gps)
             .make()
       }