diff --git a/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/FastqSync.scala b/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/FastqSync.scala
index e5a872c9fce1331a5f158cd8dea1312354cc60ab..2c930f3bec310806e915bd90fdce71a58efb6a13 100644
--- a/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/FastqSync.scala
+++ b/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/FastqSync.scala
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ class FastqSync(val root: Configurable) extends BiopetJavaCommandLineFunction {
 
   javaMainClass = getClass.getName
 
-  override val defaultVmem: String = "5G"
-
   @Input(doc = "Original FASTQ file (read 1 or 2)", shortName = "r", required = true)
   var refFastq: File = null