diff --git a/ICON.md b/ICON.md
index 921234d7f9cff2463738b338c7b9b4af93904096..32af9ffad732c3926585c957a8df03bb962fec95 100644
--- a/ICON.md
+++ b/ICON.md
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ ICON can be downloaded and used under a [personal non-commercial research licens
 
     cd $ICON_BUILD_DIR
     rsync -uavz $ICON_SRC_DIR/run . --exclude='*in' --exclude='.*'
-    rsync -uavz $ICON_SRC_DIR/run . --exclude='*in' --exclude='.*'
     rsync -uavz $ICON_SRC_DIR/externals . --exclude='.git' \
       --exclude='*.f90' --exclude='*.F90' --exclude='*.c' --exclude='*.h' \
       --exclude='*.Po' --exclude='tests' --exclude='rrtmgp*.nc' --exclude='*.mod' \