diff --git a/2019_GDB/rules/METAT_RULES b/2019_GDB/rules/METAT_RULES
index 636ea21c9649bfa82c31e132d14e56d9b5dca24f..157930ad403f26e60a1bddc302db83d62c1453ea 100755
--- a/2019_GDB/rules/METAT_RULES
+++ b/2019_GDB/rules/METAT_RULES
@@ -1,20 +1,5 @@
 # Rules for mapping the metaT reads to the different assemblies
 
-import os
-from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
-
-configfile: "config/CONFIG.yaml"
-DATA_DIR = config["data_dir"]
-RESULTS_DIR = config["results_dir"]
-DB_DIR=config["db_dir"]
-ASSEMBLERS=config["assemblers"]
-MAPPERS=["bwa", "mmi"]
-# SAMPLES=config["samples"]
-SAMPLES=["flye", "megathit", "metaspades_hybrid"]
-BINNING_SAMPLES=config["binning_samples"]
-HYBRID_ASSEMBLER=config["hybrid_assembler"]
-
-
 ###########
 ## metaT ##
 ###########
diff --git a/2019_GDB/workflows/metat.smk b/2019_GDB/workflows/metat.smk
index a19965eba9c462fbbae63ce4ea01d9ba0b2c8ddd..4854a12e4b563ec54245b3e0e52bfe611c3fb36d 100755
--- a/2019_GDB/workflows/metat.smk
+++ b/2019_GDB/workflows/metat.smk
@@ -1,20 +1,5 @@
 # Workflow for running mapping metaT reads to different assemblies using different mappers for the Binning workflow
 
-import os
-from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
-
-configfile: "config/CONFIG.yaml"
-DATA_DIR = config["data_dir"]
-RESULTS_DIR = config["results_dir"]
-DB_DIR=config["db_dir"]
-BARCODES=config["barcodes"]
-ASSEMBLERS=config["assemblers"]
-MAPPERS=["bwa", "mmi"]
-# SAMPLES=config["samples"]
-SAMPLES=["flye", "megahit", "metaspades_hybrid"]
-BINNING_SAMPLES=config["binning_samples"]
-HYBRID_ASSEMBLER=config["hybrid_assembler"]
-
 # specify which rules to run
 include:
     '../rules/METAT_RULES'