diff --git a/tools/data_source/modmine.xml b/tools/data_source/modmine.xml
index 15c9e9ba9b1..96e9dd756ca 100644
--- a/tools/data_source/modmine.xml
+++ b/tools/data_source/modmine.xml
@@ -9,19 +9,7 @@
     <command interpreter="python">data_source.py $output $__app__.config.output_size_limit</command>
     <inputs action="http://intermine.modencode.org/" check_values="false" method="get" target="_top"> 
         <display>go to modMine server $GALAXY_URL</display>
-        <param name="GALAXY_URL" type="baseurl" value="/tool_runner?tool_id=modmine" />
     </inputs>
-    <request_param_translation>
-        <request_param galaxy_name="URL_method" remote_name="URL_method" missing="post" />
-        <request_param galaxy_name="URL" remote_name="URL" missing="" />
-        <request_param galaxy_name="dbkey" remote_name="db" missing="?" />
-        <request_param galaxy_name="organism" remote_name="organism" missing="" />
-        <request_param galaxy_name="table" remote_name="table" missing="" />
-        <request_param galaxy_name="description" remote_name="description" missing="" />
-        <request_param galaxy_name="name" remote_name="name" missing="modMine query" />
-        <request_param galaxy_name="info" remote_name="info" missing="" />
-        <request_param galaxy_name="data_type" remote_name="data_type" missing="txt" />
-    </request_param_translation>
     <uihints minwidth="800"/>
     <outputs>
         <data name="output" format="txt" />