diff --git a/packages/component-mts-package/src/MTS.js b/packages/component-mts-package/src/MTS.js
index 637b367df1330626207a927df5a7bcaf4c2259d3..b7504983db641427edc3b6566fb93a5c13781ed3 100644
--- a/packages/component-mts-package/src/MTS.js
+++ b/packages/component-mts-package/src/MTS.js
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class MTS {
   sendPackage(fragment = {}) {
     const xmlFile = this.convertFragmentToXML(fragment)
 
-    return PackageManager.createFilesPackage(this.s3Config, this.ftpConfig)({
+    return PackageManager.createFilesPackage(this.s3Config)({
       fragment,
       xmlFile,
     }).then(() => {
diff --git a/packages/component-mts-package/src/PackageManager.js b/packages/component-mts-package/src/PackageManager.js
index 692b042176b1b7e3aea7b1f6327cc1f4ca17814b..43d9386c5037e78176ee3a41116fdaf071dfe366 100644
--- a/packages/component-mts-package/src/PackageManager.js
+++ b/packages/component-mts-package/src/PackageManager.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const logger = require('@pubsweet/logger')
 const filterByType = (fileTypes = []) => ({ Metadata: { filetype } }) =>
   fileTypes.length > 0 ? fileTypes.includes(filetype) : true
 
-const createFilesPackage = (s3Config, ftpConfig, archiver = nodeArchiver) => {
+const createFilesPackage = (s3Config, archiver = nodeArchiver) => {
   AWS.config.update({
     secretAccessKey: s3Config.secretAccessKey,
     accessKeyId: s3Config.accessKeyId,