diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 4e85b20..401d946 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ message: >-
   If you use this software, please cite it using the
   metadata from this file. Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) 
   under the National Research Data Infrastructure – NFDI 38/1 – project number 460247524
-type: software
 authors:
 - given-names: Sarath
   family-names: Menon