diff --git a/Control/SGComps/python/SGInputLoaderConfig.py b/Control/SGComps/python/SGInputLoaderConfig.py
index 2f091550538fdedafc79c576717fadafa126492e..83e3fb4cd1bb954ea439c53040bd0cd52c0dd9ac 100644
--- a/Control/SGComps/python/SGInputLoaderConfig.py
+++ b/Control/SGComps/python/SGInputLoaderConfig.py
@@ -1,20 +1,11 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2002-2021 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2022 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 #
 from AthenaConfiguration.ComponentAccumulator import ComponentAccumulator
 from AthenaConfiguration.ComponentFactory import CompFactory
 
 def SGInputLoaderCfg(flags, **kwargs):
     sgil = CompFactory.SGInputLoader(**kwargs)
-
-    # Custom merge semantics to allow appending items to the Load list
-    def merge_sgil_types(a, b):
-        for item in b:
-            if item not in a:
-                a.append(item)
-        return a
-    sgil._descriptors['Load'].semantics.merge = merge_sgil_types
-
     acc = ComponentAccumulator()
     acc.addEventAlgo(sgil, primary=True)
     return acc