diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetRecTools/SiSpacePointsSeedTool_xk/src/ITkSiSpacePointsSeedMaker.cxx b/InnerDetector/InDetRecTools/SiSpacePointsSeedTool_xk/src/ITkSiSpacePointsSeedMaker.cxx
index 96c0aeb031f672ea13fdbf29f2d33e031289e195..8e15f9e1dee279b5e98f3c6a9ea66e99192d9099 100644
--- a/InnerDetector/InDetRecTools/SiSpacePointsSeedTool_xk/src/ITkSiSpacePointsSeedMaker.cxx
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetRecTools/SiSpacePointsSeedTool_xk/src/ITkSiSpacePointsSeedMaker.cxx
@@ -2333,7 +2333,7 @@ void SiSpacePointsSeedMaker::production3SpPPP(EventData &data,
       float d0max = maxd0cut;
 
       size_t Nc = 1;
-      if (abs(Z)<500. or data.ITkSP[b]->radius() > m_rmaxPPP){
+      if (data.ITkSP[b]->radius() > m_rmaxPPP){
         Nc = 0;
       }
       if (data.nOneSeedsQ)
@@ -3658,7 +3658,7 @@ void SiSpacePointsSeedMaker::newOneSeedWithCurvaturesComparisonPPP(EventData &da
     float Qmin = 1.e20;
     float Rb = 2. * SPb->radius();
     int NTc(2);
-    if (abs(SP0->z())<500. or Rb > 280.) {
+    if (Rb > 280.) {
       NTc = 1;
     }
 
diff --git a/Tools/PROCTools/data/q447_AOD_digest.ref b/Tools/PROCTools/data/q447_AOD_digest.ref
index e56d19ef5744b082754688fc7c2bfc3fa7d13b3c..9695e6a489e4f7bc5c3ab951fe3fa85da335d5d1 100644
--- a/Tools/PROCTools/data/q447_AOD_digest.ref
+++ b/Tools/PROCTools/data/q447_AOD_digest.ref
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
          run       event       nTopo   nIdTracks  nTauTracks       nTaus      nMuons       nElec   nTrueElec   nFakeElec       nPhot   nTruePhot   nFakePhot
-      242000     3120001         230           9           3           1           1           0           0           0           0           0           0
-      242000     3120002         183           7           0           0           1           0           0           0           0           0           0
-      242000     3120003         375          40           3           1           2           1           0           1           1           0           1
+      242000     3120001         230           8           3           1           1           0           0           0           0           0           0
+      242000     3120002         183           6           0           0           1           0           0           0           0           0           0
+      242000     3120003         375          37           3           1           2           1           0           1           1           0           1
       242000     3120004         174          11           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0
-      242000     3120005         413          35           8           2           3           2           0           2           4           1           3
+      242000     3120005         413          33           8           2           3           2           0           2           4           1           3