diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 461812f99..b7fdfe363 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - [#751](https://github.com/nf-core/eager/pull/751) - Added missing label to mtnucratio
 - General code cleanup and standardisation of parameters with no default setting
 - [#750](https://github.com/nf-core/eager/issues/750) - Fixed piped commands requesting the same number of CPUs at each command step
+- [#757](https://github.com/nf-core/eager/issues/757) - Removed confusing 'Data Type' variable from MultiQC workflow summary (not consistent with TSV input)
 
 ### `Dependencies`
 
diff --git a/main.nf b/main.nf
index 5abe42fef..256dc93e6 100644
--- a/main.nf
+++ b/main.nf
@@ -397,7 +397,6 @@ if (workflow.revision) summary['Pipeline Release'] = workflow.revision
 summary['Run Name']         = workflow.runName
 summary['Input']            = params.input
 summary['Fasta Ref']        = params.fasta
-summary['Data Type']        = params.single_end ? 'Single-End' : 'Paired-End'
 summary['Max Resources']    = "$params.max_memory memory, $params.max_cpus cpus, $params.max_time time per job"
 if (workflow.containerEngine) summary['Container'] = "$workflow.containerEngine - $workflow.container"
 summary['Output dir']       = params.outdir