diff --git a/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/BiopetFlagstat.scala b/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/BiopetFlagstat.scala
index 3aa5a2282facaf9e59b483713222369b015488f0..e99398ff43e563146229869fea220926a1c30eca 100644
--- a/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/BiopetFlagstat.scala
+++ b/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/BiopetFlagstat.scala
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ object BiopetFlagstat extends ToolCommand {
     flagstat.output = output
     return flagstat
   }
-  def apply(root: Configurable, input: File, outputDir: String): BiopetFlagstat = {
-    val flagstat = new BiopetFlagstat(root)
-    flagstat.input = input
-    flagstat.output = new File(outputDir, input.getName.stripSuffix(".bam") + ".biopetflagstat")
-    return flagstat
-  }
 
   case class Args(inputFile: File = null, region: Option[String] = None) extends AbstractArgs