diff --git a/blast/parallel_BLAST/LA_Wrapper b/blast/parallel_BLAST/LA_Wrapper
index 05a4ccbbd5c4a618a2f9dcb4b0825532825879f2..1035ae738bcfc17d0d41cacd296eb7c4324719bc 100755
--- a/blast/parallel_BLAST/LA_Wrapper
+++ b/blast/parallel_BLAST/LA_Wrapper
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ nentries=$(grep '>' $FASTA | wc -l)
 ### check if this script is on node by checking env-variable $SLURM_JOB_ID, else send it to SLURM with given parameters and exit
 if [ -z "$SLURM_JOB_ID" ]; then
     export SCRIPT_PATH=$(dirname $0)
-    submit_statement="sbatch --no-requeue -o ${JOBTAG}_%j.out -J $JOBTAG -p $_arg_queue -A $_arg_assoc -t $_arg_runlimit -N $_arg_nodes -n $((64 * $_arg_nodes / $threads)) --mem=$_memory_request --ramdisk=${_arg_ramdisk} -c $threads"
+    submit_statement="sbatch -o ${JOBTAG}_%j.out -J $JOBTAG -p $_arg_queue -A $_arg_assoc -t $_arg_runlimit -N $_arg_nodes -n $((64 * $_arg_nodes / $threads)) --mem=$_memory_request --ramdisk=${_arg_ramdisk} -c $threads"
 
     script_statement="$SCRIPT --partition $_arg_queue --account $_arg_assoc --nodes $_arg_nodes --time $_arg_runlimit --reservation=$_arg_reservation  --threads $_arg_blast_threads --splitup $_arg_splitup_per_queryfile --blastparams=\"$BLASTPARAMS\" --executable=$_arg_executable $FASTA $DATABASE"
     if [ -n "$_arg_reservation" ]; then