diff --git a/conf/modules.config b/conf/modules.config
index 407b2f4e..dafd5469 100755
--- a/conf/modules.config
+++ b/conf/modules.config
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ process {
     }
 
     withName: PRETEXTMAP_HIGHRES {
-        ext.args        = { "${meta.map_order.equals("length") ? "--sortby length": "--sortby nosort" } --highRes --mapq 0 --memory ${task.memory.giga}" }
+        ext.args        = { "${meta.map_order.equals("length") ? "--sortby length": "--sortby nosort" } --highRes --mapq 0" }
         ext.prefix      = { "${meta.id}_hr_pi" }
     }