diff --git a/options/reconstruction.py b/options/reconstruction.py
index 84e04b4ca229a7f51261d22d81a5fe23c63be5ac..758c86499eaa3397a06de7c329525ab0b180f615 100644
--- a/options/reconstruction.py
+++ b/options/reconstruction.py
@@ -579,8 +579,7 @@ else:
 
 trk_hit_col = TrackingHitsCollector("trk_hit_col",
         inputTrackingHits=input_tracking_hits,
-        trackingHits="trackingHits",
-        OutputLevel=VERBOSE)
+        trackingHits="trackingHits")
 algorithms.append( trk_hit_col )
 
 # Hit Source linker