diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/fourbasecaller/FourBaseRecaller.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/fourbasecaller/FourBaseRecaller.java
index 897eb5728..31016b5e7 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/fourbasecaller/FourBaseRecaller.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/fourbasecaller/FourBaseRecaller.java
@@ -165,8 +165,6 @@ public class FourBaseRecaller {
             sr.setBaseQualities(bestqual);
             sr.setAttribute("SQ", nextbestqual);
             sfw.addAlignment(sr);
-
-            queryid++;
         }
 
         sfw.close();