diff --git a/merge_images b/merge_images
index 8cf4aac..11470f5 100755
--- a/merge_images
+++ b/merge_images
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ def parse_arguments():
 
 def merge_images(input_dir, output_dir):
     os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
-    os.system('touch test.txt')
     os.system('ls -v {i}/*.* >> {i}file_list.txt'.format(i=input_dir))
     os.system('convert @{i}/file_list.txt {o}/combined.tiff'.format(i=input_dir,
                                                                     o=output_dir))