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| Maintainer | [Dakota Howard](https://github.com/dthoward96) |
| Back-Up | [Reina Chau](https://github.com/rchau88), [Brian Lee](https://github.com/leebrian) |
-## Prerequisites
-
- - **NCBI Submissions**
-
-`seqsender` utilizes an UI-Less Data Submission Protocol to bulk upload
-submission files (e.g., *submission.xml*, *submission.zip*, etc.) to
-NCBI archives. The submission files are uploaded to the NCBI server via
-FTP on the command line. Before attempting to submit a submission using
-`seqsender`, submitter will need to
-
-1. Have a NCBI account. To sign up, visit [NCBI
- website](https://account.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/).
-
-2. Required for CDC users and highly recommended for others is creating
- a center account for your institution/lab [NCBI Center Account
- Instructions](https://submit.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sarscov2/sra/#step6).
- Center accounts allow you to perform submissions UI-less submissions
- as your institution/lab.
-
-3. Required for CDC users and also recommended is creating a submission
- group in [NCBI Submission Portal](https://submit.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov).
- A group should include all individuals who need access to UI-less
- submissions through the web interface with your center account. Each
- member of the group must also have an individual NCBI account. [NCBI
- website](https://account.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/).
-
-4. Refer to this page for information regarding requirements for
- GenBank submissions via FTP only. This page applies only for COVID
- and Influenza [NCBI GenBank FTP
- Submissions](https://submit.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sarscov2/genbank/#step5)
- For further questions contact
- gb-admin@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- to discuss requirements for submissions.
-
-5. Coordinate a NCBI namespace name (**spuid\_namespace**) that will be
- used with Submitter Provided Unique Identifiers (**spuid**) in the
- submission. The liaison of **spuid\_namespace** and **spuid** is
- used to report back assigned accessions as well as for cross-linking
- objects within submission. The values of **spuid\_namespace** are up
- to the submitter to decide but they must be unique and
- well-coordinated prior to make a submission.
-
-
-
- - **GISAID Submissions**
-
-`seqsender` makes use of GISAID’s Command Line Interface tools to bulk
-uploading meta- and sequence-data to GISAID databases. Presently, the
-pipeline supports upload to EpiFlu (**Influenza A Virus**), EpiCoV
-(**SARS-COV-2**), EpiPox (**Monkeypox**), and EpiArbo (**Arbovirus**).
-Before uploading, submitter needs to
-
-1. Have a GISAID account. To sign up, visit [GISAID
- Platform](https://gisaid.org/).
-
-2. Request a client-ID for your specified Epi(Flu/CoV/Pox/Arbo)
- database in order to use its CLI tool. The CLI utilizes the
- client-ID along with the username and password to authenticate the
- database prior to make a submission. To obtain a client-ID, please
- email
- clisupport@gisaid.org to
- request. ***Important note**: If submitter would like to upload a
- “test” submission first to familiarize themselves with the
- submission process prior to make a real submission, one should
- additionally request a test client-id to perform such submissions.*
-
-3. Download the
- EpiFlu
- or
- EpiCoV
- CLI from the **GISAID platform** and stored them in the destination
- of choice prior to perform a batch upload.
-
-Here is a quick look of where to store the downloaded **GISAID CLI**
-package.
-
-![](man/figures/gisaid_cli_dir.png)
-
## Code Attributions
Dakota Howard and Reina Chau for majority of the code base with input