diff --git a/Trigger/TrigValidation/TrigInDetValidation/python/TrigInDetArtSteps.py b/Trigger/TrigValidation/TrigInDetValidation/python/TrigInDetArtSteps.py
index 6f6ac5738d2e4b243238b8f0ec03ff48f76a1b50..1fdbf0dd4623c1be090390d909cfad5bfb02dd42 100644
--- a/Trigger/TrigValidation/TrigInDetValidation/python/TrigInDetArtSteps.py
+++ b/Trigger/TrigValidation/TrigInDetValidation/python/TrigInDetArtSteps.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class TrigInDetReco(ExecStep):
             self.preexec_trig, self.preexec_all, self.preexec_reco, self.preexec_aod)
         if (self.postexec_trig != ' '):
             self.args += ' --postExec "RDOtoRDOTrigger:{:s};" "RAWtoESD:{:s};" '.format(self.postexec_trig, self.postexec_reco)
-        if (self.postinclude_trig != ' '):
+        if (self.postinclude_trig != ''):
             self.args += ' --postInclude "RDOtoRDOTrigger:{:s}" '.format(self.postinclude_trig)
         super(TrigInDetReco, self).configure(test)