diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 8544a3a9..794df41b 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ LIST OF CHANGES
    NovaSeqX instruments.
  - Removed remaining unused test data from the era of xml st::api::lims driver.
  - update signature and iRODS documentation link in template for emails
+ - remove link to illumina/runs qc page in emails reporting status when run
+   reaches qc complete
 
 release 98.1.0
  - Added a new method, latest_revision_for_modification, to
diff --git a/data/npg_tracking_email/templates/run_status2followers.tt2 b/data/npg_tracking_email/templates/run_status2followers.tt2
index 38c6fd5a..d77bb51d 100644
--- a/data/npg_tracking_email/templates/run_status2followers.tt2
+++ b/data/npg_tracking_email/templates/run_status2followers.tt2
@@ -18,6 +18,5 @@ NPG page for the run:
 [% PROCESS urls.tt2 %][% npg_tracking_url %]/run/[% id_run %]
 
 Analysis and QC information for this run will be/is available:
-[% seqqc_url %]/illumina/runs/[% id_run %]
 [% seqqc_url %]/checks/runs/[% id_run %]
 [% END %]
diff --git a/t/data/report/report_text_1 b/t/data/report/report_text_1
index 77dd450c..0d311f6f 100644
--- a/t/data/report/report_text_1
+++ b/t/data/report/report_text_1
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ NPG page for the run:
 http://sfweb.internal.sanger.ac.uk:9000/perl/npg/run/21915
 
 Analysis and QC information for this run will be/is available:
-http://sfweb.internal.sanger.ac.uk:1959/illumina/runs/21915
 http://sfweb.internal.sanger.ac.uk:1959/checks/runs/21915
 
 NPG on behalf of DNA Pipelines
diff --git a/t/data/report/report_text_5 b/t/data/report/report_text_5
index dddf67ae..201b86d9 100644
--- a/t/data/report/report_text_5
+++ b/t/data/report/report_text_5
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ NPG page for the run:
 http://sfweb.internal.sanger.ac.uk:9000/perl/npg/run/21915
 
 Analysis and QC information for this run will be/is available:
-http://sfweb.internal.sanger.ac.uk:1959/illumina/runs/21915
 http://sfweb.internal.sanger.ac.uk:1959/checks/runs/21915
 
 NPG on behalf of DNA Pipelines