diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/vcf/VCFGenotypeWriterAdapter.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/vcf/VCFGenotypeWriterAdapter.java
index 5b67715da..2dc0fb46f 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/vcf/VCFGenotypeWriterAdapter.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/vcf/VCFGenotypeWriterAdapter.java
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ public class VCFGenotypeWriterAdapter implements VCFGenotypeWriter {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Only VCFVariationCall objects should be passed in to the VCF writers");
 
         VCFParameters params = new VCFParameters();
-        params.addFormatItem(VCFGenotypeRecord.GENOTYPE_KEY);
+        if ( genotypes.size() > 0 )
+            params.addFormatItem(VCFGenotypeRecord.GENOTYPE_KEY);
 
         // get the location and reference
         if ( genotypes.size() == 0 ) {
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/vcf/VCFRecord.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/vcf/VCFRecord.java
index db8f258db..e24245fd5 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/vcf/VCFRecord.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/vcf/VCFRecord.java
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ public class VCFRecord implements Variation, VariantBackedByGenotype {
         builder.append(FIELD_SEPERATOR);
         builder.append(createInfoString());
 
-        if ( hasGenotypeData() ) {
+        if ( mGenotypeFormatString != null && mGenotypeFormatString.length() > 0 ) {
             try {
                 addGenotypeData(builder, header);
             } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/variantstovcf/SequenomToVCFIntegrationTest.java b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/variantstovcf/SequenomToVCFIntegrationTest.java
index 63bb55f10..33a8fa373 100644
--- a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/variantstovcf/SequenomToVCFIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/gatk/walkers/variantstovcf/SequenomToVCFIntegrationTest.java
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class SequenomToVCFIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
     @Test
     public void testSequenomToVCFWithoutSmartHardy() {
-        String testMD5 = "ed121c7a27270ddefeded21b06fcb96d";
+        String testMD5 = "c6c2055d304674c2f7014c50f5cc160e";
         String testPedFile = "/humgen/gsa-hpprojects/GATK/data/Validation_Data/Sequenom_Test_File.txt";
         String testArgs = "-R "+oneKGLocation+"reference/human_b36_both.fasta -L 1:1000000-2000000 "+
                           "-T SequenomToVCF -b36contig -ns 10 -sPed "+testPedFile+" -vcf %s";
         WalkerTest.WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(testArgs,1, Arrays.asList(testMD5));
-        //List<File> result = executeTest("TestSequenomToVCFNoSmartHardy",spec).getFirst();
+        List<File> result = executeTest("TestSequenomToVCFNoSmartHardy",spec).getFirst();
     }
 }