diff --git a/geomagio/processing/magproc.py b/geomagio/processing/magproc.py
index dd5e177f01f6a422b34144a9eab46b28c7489d7e..7a30470993fbcfa47991975fbc532366e2d134eb 100644
--- a/geomagio/processing/magproc.py
+++ b/geomagio/processing/magproc.py
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ def write_cal_file(
             starttime=starttime,
             endtime=endtime,
             station=observatory,
-            status="reviewed",
             data_valid=True,
         )
         metadata = factory.get_metadata(query=query)