diff --git a/src/read_sequencing.py b/src/read_sequencing.py
index 29ba72ee860ef5c11251a830907aeddcd4f0e38e..085316d2b9e62aa32ab7afbc82e9cb923422fcbf 100644
--- a/src/read_sequencing.py
+++ b/src/read_sequencing.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ def read_sequencing(
         output_file_name,
         num_reads,
         read_len,
-        num_seq_cyc,
 ) -> None:
     """Reads a fasta-formatted file of terminal fragments and simulates reads.
 
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ def read_sequencing(
         output_file_name (string): file name where to store the output
         num_reads: number of total reads to simulate
         read_len: integer of identical read length
-        num_seq_cyc: integer of number of cycles
     """
     # Import classes
     from random import choices, randrange
@@ -38,7 +36,6 @@ def read_sequencing(
 
     # Read data from terminal fragment file
     # Store fragments in a list
-
     f = open(frag_file_name, "r")
     frag_line = f.readline()
     frag_list = []  # type: List[str]
@@ -68,42 +65,39 @@ def read_sequencing(
     # Calculate sum of all lengths to determine the relative abundance for that fragment
     sum_frags = sum(map(len, frag_list))
 
-    # Repeat the read process for given number of cycles
-    for j in range(0, num_seq_cyc):
-
-        # Loop through fasta fragments that start with 5'
-        for frag in frag_list:
+    # Loop through fasta fragments that start with 5'
+    for frag in frag_list:
 
-            # Determine number of reads to create from this fragment
-            # This might not always provide an exact number of reads that were asked
-            # TODO resolve this issue
-            num_frag_reads = round((len(frag)/sum_frags) * num_reads)
+        # Determine number of reads to create from this fragment
+        # This might not always provide an exact number of reads that were asked
+        # TODO resolve this issue
+        num_frag_reads = round((len(frag)/sum_frags) * num_reads)
 
-            for i in range(0, num_frag_reads):
+        for i in range(0, num_frag_reads):
 
-                # Obtain random first position for the read on the fragment
-                rand_start = randrange(0, len(frag))
+            # Obtain random first position for the read on the fragment
+            rand_start = randrange(0, len(frag))
 
-                # Calculate the difference of start position and length of read
-                diff_start_end = len(frag)-rand_start
+            # Calculate the difference of start position and length of read
+            diff_start_end = len(frag)-rand_start
 
-                # If length of read is greater than difference of start to end, then add random nucleotides
-                if diff_start_end < read_len:
+            # If length of read is greater than difference of start to end, then add random nucleotides
+            if diff_start_end < read_len:
 
-                    # Calculate number of random nucleotides to add to the end of the read
-                    diff = read_len - diff_start_end
+                # Calculate number of random nucleotides to add to the end of the read
+                diff = read_len - diff_start_end
 
-                    # Select random nucleotides from list of possible
-                    rand_samp = choices(nucleotides, k=diff)
+                # Select random nucleotides from list of possible
+                rand_samp = choices(nucleotides, k=diff)
 
-                    # Add the random list to the read and save
-                    tmp_read = frag[rand_start:len(frag)] + ''.join(rand_samp)
-                else:
-                    # Save subset of fragment as read
-                    tmp_read = frag[rand_start:(rand_start + read_len)]
+                # Add the random list to the read and save
+                tmp_read = frag[rand_start:len(frag)] + ''.join(rand_samp)
+            else:
+                # Save subset of fragment as read
+                tmp_read = frag[rand_start:(rand_start + read_len)]
 
-                # append read to list
-                fasta_list.append(tmp_read)
+            # append read to list
+            fasta_list.append(tmp_read)
 
     # Save list to file
     np.savetxt(output_file_name,
diff --git a/tests/test_read_sequence.py b/tests/test_read_sequence.py
index 2af0a2db26ebdd18eeb78261b267fb337e909b48..00caf1f9bf8162cdf24922b0296b74d442465bc9 100644
--- a/tests/test_read_sequence.py
+++ b/tests/test_read_sequence.py
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@ from src.read_sequencing import read_sequencing
 
 
 def test_read_sequencing(tmpdir):
-    """Tests the output, input file name and separator."""
+    """Tests the correct number of reads were generated."""
     read_sequencing(
         frag_file_name='./tests/resources/test_terminal_fragments.txt',
         num_reads=80,
         read_len=10,
-        num_seq_cyc=5,
         output_file_name=tmpdir / 'reads.txt'
     )
     df_out = pd.read_table(tmpdir / 'reads.txt', header=None)
-    assert df_out.shape[0] == 80 * 5
+    assert df_out.shape[0] == 80