diff --git a/modules/nf-core/galah/main.nf b/modules/nf-core/galah/main.nf
index 695ef6be5ab..dd4dfe866f8 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/galah/main.nf
+++ b/modules/nf-core/galah/main.nf
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ process GALAH {
         qc_input = "--genome-info ${qc_table}"
     }
     """
-    mkdir -p ${prefix}-dereplicated
-
     galah cluster \\
         --threads ${task.cpus} \\
         --genome-fasta-files ${bins} \\