diff --git a/submit_trio_wes_aspera_download.sh b/submit_trio_wes_aspera_download.sh
index 8bad2630423bba05fd0408326d8e484b8b24de30..2a1221a0efc34bd5a7ecae4172424f34b30f1376 100755
--- a/submit_trio_wes_aspera_download.sh
+++ b/submit_trio_wes_aspera_download.sh
@@ -7,20 +7,13 @@
 
 source $TRANSFER_INFO_FILE
 
-TIMELOG=/home/u035/project/trio_whole_exome/logs/project/$PROJECT.log
-
-echo $PROJECT submit_trio_wes_aspera_download.sh start `date` >> $TIMELOG
-
-
 /home/u035/project/software/aspera/connect/bin/ascp \
   -T -P 33001 -O 33001 -l 500M -k2 --overwrite=diff \
   $ASPERA_SCP_USER@transfer.genomics.ed.ac.uk:$PROJECT \
   /scratch/u035/project/trio_whole_exome/data
 
-
 cd /scratch/u035/project/trio_whole_exome/data/$PROJECT/raw_data
 
-
 rm ../md5_check.txt 2> /dev/null
 for DATE in 20*[0-9]
 do
@@ -28,6 +21,3 @@ do
   md5sum --check md5sums.txt >> ../../md5_check.txt
   cd ..
 done
-
-echo $PROJECT submit_trio_wes_aspera_download.sh end `date` >> $TIMELOG
-