diff --git a/phaeoexplorer-change_transcript_fasta_header.sh b/phaeoexplorer-change_transcript_fasta_header.sh
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index 957190f7ae265f2b7b6226f217ae003bab8b021d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/phaeoexplorer-change_transcript_fasta_header.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-INFILE=$1
-OUTFILE=tmpfile
-
-./common-stringSubstitute.py -i $INFILE -o $OUTFILE -p '^>\d+ mRNA' -r '>mRNA'
-mv $OUTFILE $INFILE
-echo "'>[0-9]+ mRNA' replaced by '>mRNA' in $1"