diff --git a/src/main/resources/io/viash/runners/nextflow/channel/channelFromParams.nf b/src/main/resources/io/viash/runners/nextflow/channel/channelFromParams.nf
index bcb8b409e..4c702e344 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/io/viash/runners/nextflow/channel/channelFromParams.nf
+++ b/src/main/resources/io/viash/runners/nextflow/channel/channelFromParams.nf
@@ -56,12 +56,6 @@ private List<Tuple2<String, Map<String, Object>>> _paramsToParamSets(Map params,
 
   /* combine arguments into channel */
   /**********************************/
-
-  // Fetch default values for arguments
-  def defaultArgs = config.allArguments
-    .findAll { it.containsKey("default") }
-    .collectEntries { [ it.plainName, it.default ] }
-
   def processedParams = paramSets.indexed().collect{ index, tup ->
     // Process ID
     def id = tup[0] ?: globalID
@@ -73,7 +67,7 @@ private List<Tuple2<String, Map<String, Object>>> _paramsToParamSets(Map params,
     assert id != null: "Each parameter set should have at least an 'id'"
 
     // Process params
-    def parValues = defaultArgs + globalParams + tup[1]
+    def parValues = globalParams + tup[1]
     // // Remove parameters which are null, if the default is also null
     // parValues = parValues.collectEntries{paramName, paramValue ->
     //   parameterSettings = config.functionality.allArguments.find({it.plainName == paramName})