diff --git a/benchmarks/clustering/options/full_cal_reco.py b/benchmarks/clustering/options/full_cal_reco.py
index dc8a231c82aa0d8a42894c83322b76e479a4a3ee..005e65a786695db4b91c05d412aeab4d23e71b7c 100644
--- a/benchmarks/clustering/options/full_cal_reco.py
+++ b/benchmarks/clustering/options/full_cal_reco.py
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ cb_ecal_cl = ImagingCluster("cb_ecal_cl",
 
 cb_ecal_clreco = ImagingClusterReco("cb_ecal_clreco",
         samplingFraction=cb_ecal_sf,
-        inputHitCollection=cb_ecal_cl.inputHitCollection,
         inputProtoClusterCollection=cb_ecal_cl.outputProtoClusterCollection,
         mcHits="EcalBarrelHits",
         outputClusterCollection="EcalBarrelImagingClusters",
diff --git a/benchmarks/ecal/options/barrel.py b/benchmarks/ecal/options/barrel.py
index 0ef57127e410a52263d3506c4312ea95906549b1..3e1290a860a6a6109b76b0fedd927818edc8da4d 100644
--- a/benchmarks/ecal/options/barrel.py
+++ b/benchmarks/ecal/options/barrel.py
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ cb_ecal_cl = ImagingCluster("cb_ecal_cl",
 
 cb_ecal_clreco = ImagingClusterReco("cb_ecal_clreco",
         samplingFraction=cb_ecal_sf,
-        inputHitCollection=cb_ecal_cl.inputHitCollection,
         inputProtoClusterCollection=cb_ecal_cl.outputProtoClusterCollection,
         outputClusterCollection="EcalBarrelImagingClusters",
         outputLayerCollection="EcalBarrelImagingLayers",
diff --git a/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/hybrid_cluster.py b/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/hybrid_cluster.py
index fcceba08a7ab06a9b0e99718e4702202471ce4ce..58ea023e3c8f885839221010578b4154fc92d7d0 100644
--- a/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/hybrid_cluster.py
+++ b/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/hybrid_cluster.py
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ imcalcluster = ImagingTopoCluster('imcal_cluster',
         sectorDist=3.*cm)
 clusterreco = ImagingClusterReco('imcal_clreco',
         #OutputLevel=DEBUG,
-        inputHitCollection=imcalcluster.inputHitCollection,
         inputProtoClusterCollection=imcalcluster.outputProtoClusterCollection,
         outputLayerCollection='EcalBarrelImagingClustersLayers',
         outputClusterCollection='EcalBarrelImagingClusters',
diff --git a/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/imaging_topocluster.py b/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/imaging_topocluster.py
index 305cc934081ca003643563443be3b18c95d6befa..414e65d2c83fafb33637b55983c86eca92779587 100644
--- a/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/imaging_topocluster.py
+++ b/benchmarks/imaging_ecal/options/imaging_topocluster.py
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ imcalcluster = ImagingTopoCluster("imcal_cluster",
         minClusterNhits=5)
 clusterreco = ImagingClusterReco("imcal_clreco",
         # OutputLevel=DEBUG,
-        inputHitCollection=imcalcluster.inputHitCollection,
         inputProtoClusterCollection=imcalcluster.outputProtoClusterCollection,
         outputLayerCollection="EcalBarrelImagingClustersLayers",
         outputClusterCollection="EcalBarrelImagingClusters",