diff --git a/public/scala/qscript/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/qscripts/PacbioProcessingPipeline.scala b/public/scala/qscript/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/qscripts/PacbioProcessingPipeline.scala
index 6947d4398..6f5dae2f8 100755
--- a/public/scala/qscript/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/qscripts/PacbioProcessingPipeline.scala
+++ b/public/scala/qscript/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/qscripts/PacbioProcessingPipeline.scala
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ class PacbioProcessingPipeline extends QScript {
   @Input(doc="input FASTA/FASTQ/BAM file - or list of FASTA/FASTQ/BAM files. ", shortName="i", required=true)
   var input: File = _
 
-  @Input(doc="path to R resources folder inside the Sting repository", fullName="path_to_r", shortName="r", required=true)
-  var R: String = _
-
   @Input(doc="Reference fasta file", shortName="R", required=true)
   var reference: File = _