diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 80a8f6b77..f95cf38e9 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -1057,14 +1057,6 @@ t/data/qc/references/Homo_sapiens/1000Genomes_hs37d5/all/fasta/hs37d5.fa
 t/data/qc/references/PhiX/default/all/fasta/PhiX.fasta
 t/data/qc/samplesheet_14043.csv
 t/data/qc/samplesheet_14353.csv
-t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/000-mqc_library_outcome_dict.yml
-t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/000-mqc_outcome_dict.yml
-t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/000-uqc_outcome_dict.yml
-t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/200-seq_component.yml
-t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/300-seq_component_composition.yml
-t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/300-seq_composition.yml
-t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/400-mqc_library_outcome_ent.yml
-t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/README
 t/data/release/config/archive_off/product_release.yml
 t/data/release/config/archive_on/product_release.yml
 t/data/release/config/bqsr_off/product_release.yml
diff --git a/lib/npg_pipeline/base.pm b/lib/npg_pipeline/base.pm
index 0fe98efbf..c1490e269 100644
--- a/lib/npg_pipeline/base.pm
+++ b/lib/npg_pipeline/base.pm
@@ -60,22 +60,6 @@ within npg_pipeline package
 
 =head2 npg_tracking_schema
 
-=head2 qc_schema
-
-An attribute caching a connection to a QC database.
-The attribute is allowed to be undefined and is implicitly undefined
-since no default or build method is provided. This is done in order
-to prevent the automatic connection to a database in child classes.
-
-=cut
-
-has 'qc_schema' => (
-  metaclass  => 'NoGetopt',
-  isa        => 'Maybe[npg_qc::Schema]',
-  is         => 'ro',
-  required   => 0,
-);
-
 =head2 flowcell_id
 
 =head2 tracking_run
diff --git a/lib/npg_pipeline/product.pm b/lib/npg_pipeline/product.pm
index 91663f9c1..06cab424e 100644
--- a/lib/npg_pipeline/product.pm
+++ b/lib/npg_pipeline/product.pm
@@ -598,116 +598,6 @@ sub chunk_as_product {
   return __PACKAGE__->new($ref);
 }
 
-
-=head2 final_seqqc_objs
-
-  Returns a list of  DBIx row objects representing a sequencing QC outcomes
-  for component lanes of this product. If not all lanes have a final outcome,
-  an empty list is returned.
-
-  npg_qc::Schema object argument is required.
-
-    use List::MoreUtils qw/all any/;
-    my @seq_qc_objs = $p->final_seqqc_objs($schema);
-    my $passed = @seq_qc_objs && (all { $_->is_accepted } @seq_qc_objs);
-    my $failed = !@seq_qc_objs || (any { $_->is_rejected } @seq_qc_objs);
-=cut
-
-sub final_seqqc_objs {
-  my ($self, $schema) = @_;
-
-  $schema or croak 'qc schema argument is required';
-
-  my @lp = $self->lanes_as_products;
-  my @seqqc = grep { $_->has_final_outcome }
-              $schema->resultset('MqcOutcomeEnt')
-              ->search_via_composition([map{$_->composition}@lp])->all;
-  if (@lp != @seqqc) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  return @seqqc;
-}
-
-=head2 seqqc_objs
-
-  Returns a list of  DBIx row objects representing a sequencing QC outcomes
-  for component lanes of this product, even if not all outcomes are final.
-
-  npg_qc::Schema object argument is required.
-
-    use List::MoreUtils qw/all any/;
-    my @seq_qc_objs = $p->seqqc_objs($schema);
-    #these may or may not be final outcomes
-    my $passed = @seq_qc_objs && (all { $_->is_accepted } @seq_qc_objs);
-    my $failed = !@seq_qc_objs || (any { $_->is_rejected } @seq_qc_objs);
-
-=cut
-
-sub seqqc_objs {
-  my ($self, $schema) = @_;
-
-  $schema or croak 'qc schema argument is required';
-
-  my @lp = $self->lanes_as_products;
-  my @seqqc = $schema->resultset('MqcOutcomeEnt')
-              ->search_via_composition([map{$_->composition}@lp])->all;
-  if (@lp != @seqqc) {
-    return;
-  }
-  return @seqqc;
-}
-
-=head2 final_libqc_obj
-
-  Returns a DBIx row object representing a final library QC outcome.
-  Returns an undefined value if the final library QC outcome is
-  not available for this product.
-
-  npg_qc::Schema object argument is required.
-
-    my $lib_qc_obj = $p->final_libqc_obj($schema);
-    print $lib_qc_obj->is_accepted;
-
-=cut
-
-sub final_libqc_obj {
-  my ($self, $schema) = @_;
-
-  $schema or croak 'qc schema argument is required';
-
-  my $libqc = $schema->resultset('MqcLibraryOutcomeEnt')
-                     ->search_via_composition([$self->composition])->next;
-  if ($libqc && $libqc->has_final_outcome) {
-    return $libqc;
-  }
-
-  return;
-}
-
-=head2 libqc_obj
-
-  Returns a DBIx row object representing the library QC outcome.
-  Returns an undefined value if the library QC outcome is
-  not available for this product.
-
-  npg_qc::Schema object argument is required.
-
-    my $lib_qc_obj = $p->libqc_obj($schema);
-
-=cut
-
-sub libqc_obj {
-  my ($self, $schema) = @_;
-
-  $schema or croak 'qc schema argument is required';
-
-  return $schema->resultset('MqcLibraryOutcomeEnt')
-                ->search_via_composition([$self->composition])->next;
-}
-
-
-
 __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
 
 1;
diff --git a/lib/npg_pipeline/validation.pm b/lib/npg_pipeline/validation.pm
index 3296d9f8e..1e106ac27 100644
--- a/lib/npg_pipeline/validation.pm
+++ b/lib/npg_pipeline/validation.pm
@@ -403,9 +403,11 @@ a database connection.
 
 =cut
 
-has '+qc_schema' => (
-  lazy       => 1,
-  builder    => '_build_qc_schema',
+has 'qc_schema' => (
+  isa        => 'npg_qc::Schema',
+  is         => 'ro',
+  required   => 0,
+  lazy_build => 1,
 );
 sub _build_qc_schema {
   return npg_qc::Schema->connect();
diff --git a/t/15-product-release.t b/t/15-product-release.t
index cf3901e11..08db9308b 100644
--- a/t/15-product-release.t
+++ b/t/15-product-release.t
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ Log::Log4perl->easy_init({level  => $INFO,
   with 'npg_testing::db';
 }
 
-# See README in fixtures for a description of the test data.
-my $qc = TestDB->new (
-  sqlite_utf8_enabled => 1,
-  verbose             => 0)->create_test_db('npg_qc::Schema');
-
 local $ENV{NPG_CACHED_SAMPLESHEET_FILE} =
   't/data/novaseq/180709_A00538_0010_BH3FCMDRXX/' .
   'Data/Intensities/BAM_basecalls_20180805-013153/' .
@@ -49,8 +44,7 @@ subtest 'expected_files' => sub {
     (conf_path      => "t/data/release/config/archive_on",
      runfolder_path => $runfolder_path,
      id_run         => 26291,
-     timestamp      => $timestamp,
-     qc_schema      => $qc);
+     timestamp      => $timestamp);
 
   my $product = shift @{$archiver->products->{data_products}};
 
@@ -85,8 +79,7 @@ subtest 'expected_unaligned_files' => sub {
       (conf_path      => "t/data/release/config/archive_on",
        runfolder_path => $runfolder_path,
        id_run         => 26291,
-       timestamp      => $timestamp,
-       qc_schema      => $qc);
+       timestamp      => $timestamp);
 
   my $product = shift @{$archiver->products->{data_products}};
 
diff --git a/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/000-mqc_library_outcome_dict.yml b/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/000-mqc_library_outcome_dict.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index de310d9fb..000000000
--- a/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/000-mqc_library_outcome_dict.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
----
-- id_mqc_library_outcome : 1
-  short_desc : 'Accepted preliminary'
-  long_desc : 'Library is preliminary accepted.'
-  iscurrent : 1
-  isvisible : 1
-- id_mqc_library_outcome : 2
-  short_desc : 'Rejected preliminary'
-  long_desc : 'Library is preliminary rejected.'
-  iscurrent : 1
-  isvisible : 1
-- id_mqc_library_outcome : 3
-  short_desc : 'Accepted final'
-  long_desc : 'Library has been accepted as a final decision.'
-  iscurrent : 1
-  isvisible : 1
-- id_mqc_library_outcome : 4
-  short_desc : 'Rejected final'
-  long_desc : 'Library has been rejected as a final decision.'
-  iscurrent : 1
-  isvisible : 1
-- id_mqc_library_outcome : 5
-  short_desc : 'Undecided'
-  long_desc : 'Library has no current outcome.'
-  iscurrent : 1
-  isvisible : 1
-- id_mqc_library_outcome : 6
-  short_desc : 'Undecided final'
-  long_desc : 'Library has no outcome as final decision.'
-  iscurrent : 1
-  isvisible : 1
-
diff --git a/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/000-mqc_outcome_dict.yml b/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/000-mqc_outcome_dict.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 654811236..000000000
--- a/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/000-mqc_outcome_dict.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
----
-- id_mqc_outcome : 1
-  short_desc : 'Accepted preliminary'
-  long_desc : 'Lane is preliminary accepted.'
-  iscurrent : 1
-  isvisible : 1
-- id_mqc_outcome : 2
-  short_desc : 'Rejected preliminary'
-  long_desc : 'Lane is preliminary rejected.'
-  iscurrent : 1
-  isvisible : 1
-- id_mqc_outcome : 3
-  short_desc : 'Accepted final'
-  long_desc : 'Lane has been accepted as a final decision.'
-  iscurrent : 1
-  isvisible : 1
-- id_mqc_outcome : 4
-  short_desc : 'Rejected final'
-  long_desc : 'Lane has been rejected as a final decision.'
-  iscurrent : 1
-  isvisible : 1
-- id_mqc_outcome : 5
-  short_desc : 'Undecided'
-  long_desc : 'Lane has no current outcome.'
-  iscurrent : 1
-  isvisible : 1
-
diff --git a/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/000-uqc_outcome_dict.yml b/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/000-uqc_outcome_dict.yml
deleted file mode 100755
index 320ec47e4..000000000
--- a/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/000-uqc_outcome_dict.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
----
-- id_uqc_outcome : 1
-  short_desc : 'Accepted'
-  long_desc : 'End user would like to utilise the product'
-  iscurrent : 1
-  isvisible : 1
-- id_uqc_outcome : 2
-  short_desc : 'Rejected'
-  long_desc : 'End user will not utilise the product'
-  iscurrent : 1
-  isvisible : 1
-- id_uqc_outcome : 3
-  short_desc : 'Undecided'
-  long_desc : 'No decision, follow mqc outcome when determining utility'
-  iscurrent : 1
-  isvisible : 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/200-seq_component.yml b/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/200-seq_component.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f73ea5149..000000000
--- a/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/200-seq_component.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,158 +0,0 @@
----
-- digest: 64013f487492f493d06c360266c75179fca9e5e3bd9cdf4715656c05e484d04a
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 1
-  position: 1
-  subset: ~
-  tag_index: 10
-- digest: 1575e3fa8cfc5b0684045f1b2a132076e9ac088f630c90790fbe36f7e0589d00
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 2
-  position: 2
-  subset: ~
-  tag_index: 10
-- digest: f1c6a2b1a081645eceec70070e0900ed11e4ef7527cdbe5311738629d759e97b
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 3
-  position: 1
-  subset: ~
-  tag_index: 4
-- digest: 247284cbb9248db81a44b4ea1dba9e6abff3137f99c2f4a138555b120f5eaf8c
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 4
-  position: 2
-  subset: ~
-  tag_index: 4
-- digest: cdf72931d7b0ccce78922cec587b0bfa1c6ba0bad8c7ecb217d48af7c0e08a19
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 5
-  position: 1
-  subset: ~
-  tag_index: 7
-- digest: ac2b116498fe0f7085a75f6f2f4bdb8e5ffadf7068d724fb08771cd6302b24e3
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 6
-  position: 2
-  subset: ~
-  tag_index: 7
-- digest: a8ee737489b8ae763c3e53056ca2638da44859177584ba2ba7abf73168c55f5e
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 7
-  position: 1
-  subset: ~
-  tag_index: 8
-- digest: b4178cdaf8d6f7d5c1c1179a524e1489ca89a45eea7aad99c96e9706a5fc8ec8
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 8
-  position: 2
-  subset: ~
-  tag_index: 8
-- digest: c957145416114cd41df343db734e2de29921fb6aac1c4494ac8ab738d69a714a
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 9
-  position: 1
-  subset: ~
-  tag_index: 1
-- digest: 78d0a76c780c449ac12645d642e7f98888a895f400f4a879fe7f28455d6a602e
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 10
-  position: 2
-  subset: ~
-  tag_index: 1
-- digest: 5b6320cc7f823853bb4e4373bd99156957e0162fd56c594160678237f148b08e
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 11
-  position: 1
-  subset: ~
-  tag_index: 9
-- digest: 4b9361de5a2e4f739a3a5f29c5c85a6d1765ba92f6516c36997a2f385e1cc4d8
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 12
-  position: 2
-  subset: ~
-  tag_index: 9
-- digest: 8dd53961be4c48398a33239805839bbcfef01198f46d5f1d847c52da2483f852
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 13
-  position: 1
-  subset: ~
-  tag_index: 12
-- digest: 9099df4b8546270b01d1fe62288bd142ac7f0121995fcd84a13700ad29735496
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 14
-  position: 2
-  subset: ~
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-- digest: 2172da71cf35ae59316f93b1f8e45b28e7f2f1a53c641d956ba8be5611623ea5
-  id_run: 26291
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-  position: 1
-  subset: ~
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-- digest: bf51062197cb45b27beaa5901d2c2f7ab5ecf9370e1955873c4a4f07bcef1dc9
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 16
-  position: 2
-  subset: ~
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-- digest: a142d0df20a8362a241e571ed480b741a192a5f70108ee3af41cf1d701365b06
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 17
-  position: 1
-  subset: ~
-  tag_index: 6
-- digest: f05db0e533f9072826078aa3ee34e60c7638a77c58135427a7cf54ec8d8fdaeb
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 18
-  position: 2
-  subset: ~
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-- digest: b62e703d047c360a5830bd46d7f48439efb25e6852302fd21d56778c26a35b76
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 19
-  position: 1
-  subset: ~
-  tag_index: 2
-- digest: 4e18a830a0756c837343aae86871259481523173486c6e94a5cf0f0ac3b16561
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 20
-  position: 2
-  subset: ~
-  tag_index: 2
-- digest: ad5ec898f6e5407f5a80ec68c0967acf20a5e4809d21cd29b5b2d39c0f731534
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 21
-  position: 1
-  subset: ~
-  tag_index: 5
-- digest: 7458fe6b0b88f8fefd75f21862bed23e7b342caf2d51a726a324a228613c677f
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 22
-  position: 2
-  subset: ~
-  tag_index: 5
-- digest: f4013ca42106e02a488361206d845005a21c0917d7b7dbcb6a878f7322194c2a
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 23
-  position: 1
-  subset: ~
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-- digest: 28f8a790af34647bc75d61b07e2506b84612dfd58ada09da2edc5bb6eead8873
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 24
-  position: 2
-  subset: ~
-  tag_index: 3
-- digest: cd87cabb80ce5105c7924a3bc56a383afb7b72afda6b5867856373403b0913a2
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 25
-  position: 1
-  subset: ~
-  tag_index: ~
-- digest: 98af9d7a81091699a06cfd97624f0049c87fca8229c8133fda245caeff0a194c
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_component: 26
-  position: 2
-  subset: ~
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-
diff --git a/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/300-seq_component_composition.yml b/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/300-seq_component_composition.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index bb1a90041..000000000
--- a/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/300-seq_component_composition.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
----
-- id_seq_comcom: 1
-  id_seq_component: 1
-  id_seq_composition: 1
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 2
-  id_seq_component: 2
-  id_seq_composition: 1
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 3
-  id_seq_component: 3
-  id_seq_composition: 2
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 4
-  id_seq_component: 4
-  id_seq_composition: 2
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 5
-  id_seq_component: 5
-  id_seq_composition: 3
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 6
-  id_seq_component: 6
-  id_seq_composition: 3
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 7
-  id_seq_component: 7
-  id_seq_composition: 4
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 8
-  id_seq_component: 8
-  id_seq_composition: 4
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 9
-  id_seq_component: 9
-  id_seq_composition: 5
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 10
-  id_seq_component: 10
-  id_seq_composition: 5
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 11
-  id_seq_component: 11
-  id_seq_composition: 6
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 12
-  id_seq_component: 12
-  id_seq_composition: 6
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 13
-  id_seq_component: 13
-  id_seq_composition: 7
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 14
-  id_seq_component: 14
-  id_seq_composition: 7
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 15
-  id_seq_component: 15
-  id_seq_composition: 8
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 16
-  id_seq_component: 16
-  id_seq_composition: 8
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 17
-  id_seq_component: 17
-  id_seq_composition: 9
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 18
-  id_seq_component: 18
-  id_seq_composition: 9
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 19
-  id_seq_component: 19
-  id_seq_composition: 10
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 20
-  id_seq_component: 20
-  id_seq_composition: 10
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 21
-  id_seq_component: 21
-  id_seq_composition: 11
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 22
-  id_seq_component: 22
-  id_seq_composition: 11
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 23
-  id_seq_component: 23
-  id_seq_composition: 12
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 24
-  id_seq_component: 24
-  id_seq_composition: 12
-  size: 2
-- id_seq_comcom: 25
-  id_seq_component: 25
-  id_seq_composition: 13
-  size: 1
-- id_seq_comcom: 26
-  id_seq_component: 26
-  id_seq_composition: 14
-  size: 1
-
diff --git a/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/300-seq_composition.yml b/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/300-seq_composition.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 81d1f1839..000000000
--- a/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/300-seq_composition.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
----
-- digest: d00e47ab46e2b4e5cbf1d7d67a5a0f4f3f5ca6c14c8c9994fa7b1cb5b83505c2
-  id_seq_composition: 1
-  size: 2
-- digest: 40ec8ffb930b2e661e5a496a263dcf09bb096cd85508f9bac1f5e32298bb3381
-  id_seq_composition: 2
-  size: 2
-- digest: 477c2257c18c6895320f532f347b51133e4126dded129c070488988ca65fa4ea
-  id_seq_composition: 3
-  size: 2
-- digest: af6877094c0031f61ba6847a5d3f14d891c00a40ca660cb95571d4e2df102cca
-  id_seq_composition: 4
-  size: 2
-- digest: b65be328691835deeff44c4025fadecd9af6512c10044754dd2161d8a7c85000
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-  size: 2
-- digest: b5a2c4b928e74dedf08adb31b558849ab927bb4ad60636554414d4bcc2d924ea
-  id_seq_composition: 6
-  size: 2
-- digest: 333ecb63f21d80de0c2affc0458e168f79f77ee9cf26771b655e17220e46cc50
-  id_seq_composition: 7
-  size: 2
-- digest: 446d78a664d9939cd3e603a133e43f22b99b3b35e2ec893c5f9b6e0d1c00a1a7
-  id_seq_composition: 8
-  size: 2
-- digest: 654571abbf002fe3db014b1886bc676d54325816c3464e855ed3fe234e4ab15c
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-  size: 2
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diff --git a/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/400-mqc_library_outcome_ent.yml b/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/400-mqc_library_outcome_ent.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a1651e898..000000000
--- a/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/400-mqc_library_outcome_ent.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,121 +0,0 @@
----
-- id_mqc_library_outcome_ent: 1
-  id_mqc_outcome: 4
-  id_run: ~
-  id_seq_composition: 1
-  last_modified: 2018-08-14 12:06:28
-  modified_by: 'user'
-  position: ~
-  reported: ~
-  tag_index: ~
-  username: u1
-- id_mqc_library_outcome_ent: 2
-  id_mqc_outcome: 4
-  id_run: ~
-  id_seq_composition: 2
-  last_modified: 2018-08-14 12:06:28
-  modified_by: 'user'
-  position: ~
-  reported: ~
-  tag_index: ~
-  username: u1
-- id_mqc_library_outcome_ent: 3
-  id_mqc_outcome: 1
-  id_run: ~
-  id_seq_composition: 3
-  last_modified: 2018-08-14 12:06:28
-  modified_by: 'user'
-  position: ~
-  reported: ~
-  tag_index: ~
-  username: u1
-- id_mqc_library_outcome_ent: 4
-  id_mqc_outcome: 2
-  id_run: ~
-  id_seq_composition: 4
-  last_modified: 2018-08-14 12:06:28
-  modified_by: 'user'
-  position: ~
-  reported: ~
-  tag_index: ~
-  username: u1
-- id_mqc_library_outcome_ent: 5
-  id_mqc_outcome: 1
-  id_run: ~
-  id_seq_composition: 5
-  last_modified: 2018-08-14 12:06:28
-  modified_by: 'user'
-  position: ~
-  reported: ~
-  tag_index: ~
-  username: u1
-- id_mqc_library_outcome_ent: 6
-  id_mqc_outcome: 3
-  id_run: ~
-  id_seq_composition: 6
-  last_modified: 2018-08-14 12:06:28
-  modified_by: 'user'
-  position: ~
-  reported: ~
-  tag_index: ~
-  username: u1
-- id_mqc_library_outcome_ent: 7
-  id_mqc_outcome: 6
-  id_run: ~
-  id_seq_composition: 7
-  last_modified: 2018-08-14 12:06:28
-  modified_by: 'user'
-  position: ~
-  reported: ~
-  tag_index: ~
-  username: u1
-- id_mqc_library_outcome_ent: 8
-  id_mqc_outcome: 5
-  id_run: ~
-  id_seq_composition: 8
-  last_modified: 2018-08-14 12:06:28
-  modified_by: 'user'
-  position: ~
-  reported: ~
-  tag_index: ~
-  username: u1
-- id_mqc_library_outcome_ent: 9
-  id_mqc_outcome: 6
-  id_run: ~
-  id_seq_composition: 9
-  last_modified: 2018-08-14 12:06:28
-  modified_by: 'user'
-  position: ~
-  reported: ~
-  tag_index: ~
-  username: u1
-- id_mqc_library_outcome_ent: 10
-  id_mqc_outcome: 2
-  id_run: ~
-  id_seq_composition: 10
-  last_modified: 2018-08-14 12:06:28
-  modified_by: 'user'
-  position: ~
-  reported: ~
-  tag_index: ~
-  username: u1
-- id_mqc_library_outcome_ent: 11
-  id_mqc_outcome: 5
-  id_run: ~
-  id_seq_composition: 11
-  last_modified: 2018-08-14 12:06:28
-  modified_by: 'user'
-  position: ~
-  reported: ~
-  tag_index: ~
-  username: u1
-- id_mqc_library_outcome_ent: 12
-  id_mqc_outcome: 3
-  id_run: ~
-  id_seq_composition: 12
-  last_modified: 2018-08-14 12:06:28
-  modified_by: 'user'
-  position: ~
-  reported: ~
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-  username: u1
diff --git a/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/400-mqc_outcome_ent.yml b/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/400-mqc_outcome_ent.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c4588de0e..000000000
--- a/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/400-mqc_outcome_ent.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
----
-- id_mqc_outcome: 3
-  id_mqc_outcome_ent: 1
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_composition: 13
-  last_modified: 2019-03-18 15:54:32
-  modified_by: ~
-  position: 1
-  reported: ~
-  username: ~
-- id_mqc_outcome: 3
-  id_mqc_outcome_ent: 2
-  id_run: 26291
-  id_seq_composition: 14
-  last_modified: 2019-03-18 15:54:32
-  modified_by: ~
-  position: 2
-  reported: ~
-  username: ~
-
diff --git a/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/README b/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/README
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index 3f8af79b0..000000000
--- a/t/data/qc_outcomes/fixtures/README
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@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-Run 26291 has the following library manual QC results:
-
-# 26291:1:1;26291:2:1   => 1 # 1: Accepted preliminary
-# 26291:1:2;26291:2:2   => 2 # 2: Rejected preliminary
-# 26291:1:3;26291:2:3   => 3 # 3: Accepted final
-# 26291:1:4;26291:2:4   => 4 # 4: Rejected final
-# 26291:1:5;26291:2:5   => 5 # 5: Undecided
-# 26291:1:6;26291:2:6   => 6 # 6: Undecided final
-# 26291:1:7;26291:2:7   => 1
-# 26291:1:8;26291:2:8   => 2
-# 26291:1:9;26291:2:9   => 3 # 3: Accepted final
-# 26291:1:10;26291:2:10 => 4 # 4: Rejected final
-# 26291:1:11;26291:2:11 => 5
-# 26291:1:12;26291:2:12 => 6
-
-These results are used to test that pipeline jobs take the
-correct action when presented with data with a range of
-library QC outcomes.