diff --git a/outdir/final_assembly/stats.json b/outdir/final_assembly/stats.json
deleted file mode 100755
index df77bc4..0000000
--- a/outdir/final_assembly/stats.json
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@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{
-   "scaffolds": 616,
-   "contigs": 621,
-   "scaf_bp": 4569143,
-   "contig_bp": 4569093,
-   "gap_pct": 0.00109,
-   "scaf_N50": 109,
-   "scaf_L50": 13297,
-   "ctg_N50": 110,
-   "ctg_L50": 13163,
-   "scaf_N90": 358,
-   "scaf_L90": 3733,
-   "ctg_N90": 360,
-   "ctg_L90": 3730,
-   "scaf_logsum": 61316,
-   "scaf_powsum": 8559.989,
-   "ctg_logsum": 61261,
-   "ctg_powsum": 8543.525,
-   "asm_score": 15.724,
-   "scaf_max": 42665,
-   "ctg_max": 42665,
-   "scaf_n_gt50K": 0,
-   "scaf_l_gt50K": 0,
-   "scaf_pct_gt50K": 0.0,
-   "gc_avg": 0.50728,
-   "gc_std": 0.03838,
-   "filename": "/vol_b/nmdc_workflows/cromwell/cromwell-executions/jgi_metaASM/afb845a0-1b9b-4335-b0d7-ece75b946a06/call-create_agp/execution/assembly_scaffolds.fna"
-}