diff --git a/smincludes/link_raw_data.rules b/smincludes/link_raw_data.rules
index e4dee3a6146f554358ee3f4de9887728007141a4..497820bd1e9f5c1e681441e4d49ca1173721076d 100644
--- a/smincludes/link_raw_data.rules
+++ b/smincludes/link_raw_data.rules
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ rule link_raw_data:
         raw = lib2data,
     output:
         link = os.path.join(data_dir, "{lib}_{rep}.fastq.gz"),
-    localrule: True
     message:
         "Making link {output.link} to raw data {input.raw}."
     run: