diff --git a/UT/UTDigiAlgorithms/src/UTTightDigitCreator.cpp b/UT/UTDigiAlgorithms/src/UTTightDigitCreator.cpp
index e759da0ad3da0b394baf1c8e22a4758ae74a17c0..a9884a1ccfe60de1ebec9a43a2fb02b0f8bb9b49 100644
--- a/UT/UTDigiAlgorithms/src/UTTightDigitCreator.cpp
+++ b/UT/UTDigiAlgorithms/src/UTTightDigitCreator.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*****************************************************************************\
-* (c) Copyright 2000-2018 CERN for the benefit of the LHCb Collaboration      *
+* (c) Copyright 2000-2022 CERN for the benefit of the LHCb Collaboration      *
 *                                                                             *
 * This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public      *
 * Licence version 3 (GPL Version 3), copied verbatim in the file "COPYING".   *
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 
 #include "LHCbAlgs/Transformer.h"
 
-#include <yaml-cpp/yaml.h>
-
 #ifdef USE_DD4HEP
 // needed by getDet/existDet API. Should be dropped when made properly functional
 #  include "DetDesc/Condition.h"
@@ -116,13 +114,12 @@ bool UTTightDigitCreator::aboveDigitSignalToNoise( const UTDigit* aDigit, const
 StatusCode UTTightDigitCreator::loadCutsFromConditions() {
 
   // load conditions
-  auto& tmp   = *getDet<Condition>( m_conditionLocation );
-  auto& cInfo = std::any_cast<YAML::Node&>( tmp.payload );
-  info() << "Loading cuts tagged as " << cInfo["tag"].as<std::string>() << endmsg;
+  auto* cInfo = getDet<Condition>( m_conditionLocation );
+  info() << "Loading cuts tagged as " << cInfo->param<std::string>( "tag" ) << endmsg;
 
-  m_digitSig2NoiseThreshold   = cInfo["HitThreshold"].as<double>();
-  m_clusterSig2NoiseThreshold = cInfo["ConfirmationThreshold"].as<double>();
-  m_highThreshold             = cInfo["SpilloverThreshold"].as<double>();
+  m_digitSig2NoiseThreshold   = cInfo->param<double>( "HitThreshold" );
+  m_clusterSig2NoiseThreshold = cInfo->param<double>( "ConfirmationThreshold" );
+  m_highThreshold             = cInfo->param<double>( "SpilloverThreshold" );
 
   return StatusCode::SUCCESS;
 }