diff --git a/public/gears/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/gears/Gears.scala b/public/gears/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/gears/Gears.scala
index e9967eed55f34fd565078db86e13483c5904d40b..67de33f655b6cee72bc0f4dd8fc2b7f969ce5793 100644
--- a/public/gears/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/gears/Gears.scala
+++ b/public/gears/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/gears/Gears.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package nl.lumc.sasc.biopet.pipelines.gears
 
-import java.io.File
-
 import nl.lumc.sasc.biopet.core.{ PipelineCommand, MultiSampleQScript }
 import nl.lumc.sasc.biopet.extensions.Ln
 import nl.lumc.sasc.biopet.extensions.qiime.MergeOtuTables