diff --git a/PhysicsAnalysis/JetTagging/JetTagTools/python/MultivariateTagManagerConfig.py b/PhysicsAnalysis/JetTagging/JetTagTools/python/MultivariateTagManagerConfig.py
index 2a5c963d3a5279be4886c5d7da10593b9775bd5f..cc1c539bd557764a499a7c96227b43b44d5605ae 100644
--- a/PhysicsAnalysis/JetTagging/JetTagTools/python/MultivariateTagManagerConfig.py
+++ b/PhysicsAnalysis/JetTagging/JetTagTools/python/MultivariateTagManagerConfig.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ def MultivariateTagManagerCfg(flags, name = 'MultivariateTagManager', TaggerList
     acc = ComponentAccumulator()
     mvtagtoollist = []
     MultivariateTagManagerAuxBranches = []
-    MultivariateTagManagerAuxBranches += ['SMT_discriminant'] #ATLASRECTS-5381
 
     if 'MV2c10rnn' in TaggerList:
         #RNNIP output variables are needed