diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Pipeline/PipeConfig/Flatfile_conf.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Pipeline/PipeConfig/Flatfile_conf.pm
index cb510a920516f0ae6d834572e0f5ec1e3ccfadbb..49b288c46fd2431c3b6a0392954565943fc45f2f 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Pipeline/PipeConfig/Flatfile_conf.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Pipeline/PipeConfig/Flatfile_conf.pm
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ sub pipeline_wide_parameters {
     
     return {
         %{ $self->SUPER::pipeline_wide_parameters() },  # inherit other stuff from the base class
-        base_path => $self->o('base_path'), 
-        db_types => $self->o('db_types'),
+        base_path => $self->o('base_path'),
         release => $self->o('release'),
     };
 }