diff --git a/options/reconstruction.ecal.py b/options/reconstruction.ecal.py
index caa29e0acfe7c684ec5d537aa84a30a3c9891c90..fc0aef8c881d5ce3a2e76245e93b9b7cb5dac260 100644
--- a/options/reconstruction.ecal.py
+++ b/options/reconstruction.ecal.py
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@ sim_coll = [
     'EcalEndcapNHitsContributions',
     'EcalEndcapPHits',
     'EcalEndcapPHitsContributions',
-    'EcalBarrelHits',
-    'EcalBarrelHitsContributions',
-    'EcalBarrelScFiHits',
-    'EcalBarrelScFiHitsContributions',
 ]
 
 # list of algorithms