diff --git a/best/mem/be_launch_mem.m b/best/mem/be_launch_mem.m
index adc015a..581e17c 100644
--- a/best/mem/be_launch_mem.m
+++ b/best/mem/be_launch_mem.m
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@
 %    along with BEst. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 % -------------------------------------------------------------------------   
 
-if any(ismember( 'NIRS', OPTIONS.mandatory.DataTypes))
-    % normalize alpha for each coloum
-    obj.ALPHA = bsxfun(@rdivide,obj.ALPHA,max(obj.ALPHA,[],1)); % Normalize M
-end
-
 % All samples or a selection?
 Data  = [];