diff --git a/PhysicsAnalysis/TopPhys/xAOD/TopCPTools/Root/TopEgammaCPTools.cxx b/PhysicsAnalysis/TopPhys/xAOD/TopCPTools/Root/TopEgammaCPTools.cxx
index 77f0c5fc712231d0ac8ab86e94f5766cd58f9bf2..a7b91f06a8f66bd5238715c8f20797987d63e8ff 100644
--- a/PhysicsAnalysis/TopPhys/xAOD/TopCPTools/Root/TopEgammaCPTools.cxx
+++ b/PhysicsAnalysis/TopPhys/xAOD/TopCPTools/Root/TopEgammaCPTools.cxx
@@ -177,9 +177,6 @@ namespace top {
       // for MC15 samples, which are based on a geometry derived from GEO-21 from 2015+2016 data
       top::check(asg::setProperty(fudge_tool, "Preselection", 22),
                  "Failed to set " + fudgeName + " property: Preselection");
-      top::check(asg::setProperty(fudge_tool, "FFCalibFile",
-                                  "ElectronPhotonShowerShapeFudgeTool/v2/PhotonFudgeFactors.root"),
-                 "Failed to set ElectronPhotonShowerShapeFudgeTool");
       top::check(fudge_tool->initialize(),
                  "Failed to initialize PhotonFudgeTool");
       m_photonFudgeTool = fudge_tool;