diff --git a/ingest/rules/curate.smk b/ingest/rules/curate.smk
index b6105c0..2ec4ab9 100644
--- a/ingest/rules/curate.smk
+++ b/ingest/rules/curate.smk
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ rule curate:
         authors_field=config["curate"]["authors_field"],
         authors_default_value=config["curate"]["authors_default_value"],
         annotations_id=config["curate"]["annotations_id"],
-        metadata_columns=config["curate"]["metadata_columns"],
         id_field=config["curate"]["output_id_field"],
         sequence_field=config["curate"]["output_sequence_field"],
     shell: