diff --git a/test_input_templates/GatherSampleEvidence/GatherSampleEvidenceBatch.json.tmpl b/test_input_templates/GatherSampleEvidence/GatherSampleEvidenceBatch.json.tmpl
index e7f66ae45..d2d957972 100644
--- a/test_input_templates/GatherSampleEvidence/GatherSampleEvidenceBatch.json.tmpl
+++ b/test_input_templates/GatherSampleEvidence/GatherSampleEvidenceBatch.json.tmpl
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
   "GatherSampleEvidenceBatch.samtools_cloud_docker": {{ dockers.samtools_cloud_docker | tojson }},
   "GatherSampleEvidenceBatch.sv_base_mini_docker":{{ dockers.sv_base_mini_docker | tojson }},
   "GatherSampleEvidenceBatch.sv_pipeline_docker": {{ dockers.sv_pipeline_docker | tojson }},
-  "GatherSampleEvidenceBatch.delly_docker": {{ dockers.delly_docker | tojson }},
   "GatherSampleEvidenceBatch.manta_docker": {{ dockers.manta_docker | tojson }},
   "GatherSampleEvidenceBatch.melt_docker" : {{ dockers.melt_docker | tojson }},
   "GatherSampleEvidenceBatch.wham_docker": {{ dockers.wham_docker | tojson }},
diff --git a/wdl/MELT.wdl b/wdl/MELT.wdl
index 109f5dfd8..ab75b959a 100644
--- a/wdl/MELT.wdl
+++ b/wdl/MELT.wdl
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ task RunMELT {
   Float mem_offset = 6.833
   Float mem_size_gb =
     mem_offset + mem_per_pct_chimeras * pct_chimeras + mem_per_improper_pairs * pf_reads_improper_pairs
+  Float java_mem_fraction = 0.85
 
 
   # Ensure there's sufficient disk space. Estimate using extra metrics
@@ -610,6 +611,19 @@ task RunMELT {
     MELT_ROOT=$(find "$MELT_DIR" -name "MELT.jar" | xargs -n1 dirname)
     MELT_SCRIPT=$(ls "$MELT_DIR/run_MELT"*.sh)
 
+    function getJavaMem() {
+        # get JVM memory in GiB by getting total memory from /proc/meminfo
+        # and multiplying by java_mem_fraction
+        cat /proc/meminfo \
+            | awk -v MEM_FIELD="$1" '{
+                f[substr($1, 1, length($1)-1)] = $2
+            } END {
+                printf "%.2fG", f[MEM_FIELD] * ~{java_mem_fraction} / 1048576
+            }'     
+    }
+    JVM_MAX_MEM=$(getJavaMem MemTotal)
+    echo "JVM memory: $JVM_MAX_MEM"
+
     # call MELT
     "$MELT_SCRIPT" \
       "~{sample_id}.bam" \