diff --git a/main.nf b/main.nf
index 32b1f140..9ac1dcde 100644
--- a/main.nf
+++ b/main.nf
@@ -49,13 +49,6 @@ WorkflowMain.initialise(workflow, params, log)
 
 workflow NFCORE_VIRALRECON {
 
-    //
-    // WORKFLOW: Get SRA run information for public database ids, download and md5sum check FastQ files, auto-create samplesheet
-    //
-    if (params.public_data_ids) {
-        include { SRA_DOWNLOAD } from './workflows/sra_download'
-        SRA_DOWNLOAD ()
-
     //
     // WORKFLOW: Variant and de novo assembly analysis for Illumina data
     //