diff --git a/dna_read.sh b/dna_read.sh
index 110e695c57775be5d91e574294845dbd66991bd9..fed49763dede0c6a86af9eb626da0bd4159a71e7 100755
--- a/dna_read.sh
+++ b/dna_read.sh
@@ -184,14 +184,7 @@ else #ordered assembly
 	
 	consensus_script="$project_dir"/sequencing_modules/reads_consensus.py
 	
-	if $channel_coding
-	then
-		expected_length=$(($n_frag * $frag_length * 2)) # for a redundancy of 100%
-	else
-		expected_length=$(($n_frag * $frag_length)) # primers and overhangs are espected (except on last fragments ->(-4))
-	fi
-	
-	call_function python3 "$consensus_script" -i "$sequenced_reads_path" -o "$consensus_path" --start $start_primer --stop $stop_primer -e $expected_length
+	call_function python3 "$consensus_script" -i "$sequenced_reads_path" -o "$consensus_path" --start $start_primer --stop $stop_primer
 fi
 
 consensus_time=$(date +"%s")