diff --git a/scala/qscript/playground/BatchMerge.q b/scala/qscript/playground/BatchMerge.q
index 6cee6cc28..a2d6bcd08 100755
--- a/scala/qscript/playground/BatchMerge.q
+++ b/scala/qscript/playground/BatchMerge.q
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ class batchMergePipeline extends QScript {
       this.memoryLimit = 8
       this.output_mode = UnifiedGenotyperEngine.OUTPUT_MODE.EMIT_ALL_SITES
       this.genotyping_mode = GenotypeLikelihoodsCalculationModel.GENOTYPING_MODE.GENOTYPE_GIVEN_ALLELES
-      if ( batchMerge.indelMode ) {
-        this.genotype_likelihoods_model = GenotypeLikelihoodsCalculationModel.Model.DINDEL
-      }
     }
 
     var cVars : UGCallVariants = new UGCallVariants with CallVariantsArgs