diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/variant/GATKVariantContextUtils.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/variant/GATKVariantContextUtils.java
index e0c32d5d5..c36d7f888 100644
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/variant/GATKVariantContextUtils.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/variant/GATKVariantContextUtils.java
@@ -1152,11 +1152,11 @@ public class GATKVariantContextUtils {
      * @param builder the VC builder
      */
     private static void removeStaleAttributesAfterMerge(final VariantContextBuilder builder) {
-        builder.rmAttribute(VCFConstants.ALLELE_COUNT_KEY);
-        builder.rmAttribute(VCFConstants.ALLELE_FREQUENCY_KEY);
-        builder.rmAttribute(VCFConstants.ALLELE_NUMBER_KEY);
-        builder.rmAttribute(VCFConstants.MLE_ALLELE_COUNT_KEY);
-        builder.rmAttribute(VCFConstants.MLE_ALLELE_FREQUENCY_KEY);
+        builder.rmAttributes(Arrays.asList(VCFConstants.ALLELE_COUNT_KEY,
+                VCFConstants.ALLELE_FREQUENCY_KEY,
+                VCFConstants.ALLELE_NUMBER_KEY,
+                VCFConstants.MLE_ALLELE_COUNT_KEY,
+                VCFConstants.MLE_ALLELE_FREQUENCY_KEY));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/settings/repository/org.broadinstitute/variant-1.104.1634.jar b/settings/repository/org.broadinstitute/variant-1.105.1640.jar
similarity index 91%
rename from settings/repository/org.broadinstitute/variant-1.104.1634.jar
rename to settings/repository/org.broadinstitute/variant-1.105.1640.jar
index 6724e0588..f2d01a49e 100644
Binary files a/settings/repository/org.broadinstitute/variant-1.104.1634.jar and b/settings/repository/org.broadinstitute/variant-1.105.1640.jar differ
diff --git a/settings/repository/org.broadinstitute/variant-1.104.1634.xml b/settings/repository/org.broadinstitute/variant-1.105.1640.xml
similarity index 70%
rename from settings/repository/org.broadinstitute/variant-1.104.1634.xml
rename to settings/repository/org.broadinstitute/variant-1.105.1640.xml
index 9e4b49241..842b1c8bc 100644
--- a/settings/repository/org.broadinstitute/variant-1.104.1634.xml
+++ b/settings/repository/org.broadinstitute/variant-1.105.1640.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <ivy-module version="1.0">
-    <info organisation="org.broadinstitute" module="variant" revision="1.104.1634" status="integration" />
+    <info organisation="org.broadinstitute" module="variant" revision="1.105.1640" status="integration" />
 </ivy-module>