diff --git a/ingest/defaults/config.yaml b/ingest/defaults/config.yaml
index 439dbfb..f35485b 100644
--- a/ingest/defaults/config.yaml
+++ b/ingest/defaults/config.yaml
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ curate:
     'date_submitted',
     'sra_accession',
     'abbr_authors',
-    'reverse',
     'authors',
     'institution'
   ]