diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/varianteval/util/VariantEvalUtils.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/varianteval/util/VariantEvalUtils.java
index 92e7c6554..3cc039141 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/varianteval/util/VariantEvalUtils.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/varianteval/util/VariantEvalUtils.java
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ public class VariantEvalUtils {
      * @return a new VariantContext with just the requested samples
      */
     public VariantContext getSubsetOfVariantContext(VariantContext vc, Collection<String> sampleNames) {
-        VariantContext vcsub = vc.subContextFromGenotypes(vc.getGenotypes(sampleNames).values(), vc.getAlleles());
+        VariantContext vcsub = vc.subContextFromGenotypes(vc.getGenotypes(sampleNames).values());
 
         HashMap<String, Object> newAts = new HashMap<String, Object>(vcsub.getAttributes());