diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/annotator/QualByDepth.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/annotator/QualByDepth.java
index f37f42cd0..56219ed1e 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/annotator/QualByDepth.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/annotator/QualByDepth.java
@@ -47,13 +47,7 @@ public class QualByDepth implements InfoFieldAnnotation, StandardAnnotation {
 
             if ( genotype.getValue().hasLikelihoods() ) {
                 GenotypeLikelihoods GLs = genotype.getValue().getLikelihoods();
-                double[] likelihoods = GLs.getAsVector();
-                if ( GLs.getKey() == VCFConstants.PHRED_GENOTYPE_LIKELIHOODS_KEY ) {
-                    for (int i = 0; i < likelihoods.length; i++)
-                        likelihoods[i] /= -10.0;
-                }
-
-                qual += 10.0 * getQual(likelihoods);
+                qual += 10.0 * getQual(GLs.getAsVector());
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperEngine.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperEngine.java
index 6869cd1cb..b8a4b09de 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperEngine.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperEngine.java
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@ public class UnifiedGenotyperEngine {
             }
 
             HashMap<String, Object> attributes = new HashMap<String, Object>();
-            GenotypeLikelihoods likelihoods = new GenotypeLikelihoods(GL.getLikelihoods(), VCFConstants.GENOTYPE_LIKELIHOODS_KEY);
+            GenotypeLikelihoods likelihoods = new GenotypeLikelihoods(GL.getLikelihoods());
             attributes.put(VCFConstants.DEPTH_KEY, GL.getDepth());
-            attributes.put(likelihoods.getKey(), likelihoods);
+            attributes.put(VCFConstants.GENOTYPE_LIKELIHOODS_KEY, likelihoods);
 
             genotypes.put(GL.getSample(), new Genotype(GL.getSample(), noCall, Genotype.NO_NEG_LOG_10PERROR, null, attributes, false));
         }