diff --git a/ingest/rules/transform.smk b/ingest/rules/transform.smk
index cc4e917..2860fdd 100644
--- a/ingest/rules/transform.smk
+++ b/ingest/rules/transform.smk
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ rule transform:
             | ./vendored/transform-authors \
                 --authors-field {params.authors_field} \
                 --default-value {params.authors_default_value} \
-                --abbr-authors-field {params.abbr_authors_field} \
             | ./vendored/apply-geolocation-rules \
                 --geolocation-rules {input.all_geolocation_rules} \
             | ./bin/fix-zika-strain-names.py \