diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/sam/GATKSAMRecord.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/sam/GATKSAMRecord.java
index e8df869e6..aadfb9ff1 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/sam/GATKSAMRecord.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/sam/GATKSAMRecord.java
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
  */
 public class GATKSAMRecord extends BAMRecord {
     public static final String REDUCED_READ_CONSENSUS_TAG = "RR";
-    public static final String REDUCED_READ_FILTERED_TAG = "RF";
 
     // the SAMRecord data we're caching
     private String mReadString = null;