diff --git a/DQMOffline/Trigger/plugins/HTDQM.cc b/DQMOffline/Trigger/plugins/HTDQM.cc
index d93435e610553..555a792b91e33 100644
--- a/DQMOffline/Trigger/plugins/HTDQM.cc
+++ b/DQMOffline/Trigger/plugins/HTDQM.cc
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ void HTDQM::initialise(const edm::ParameterSet& iConfig ){
   ht_binning_ = getHistoPSet(iConfig.getParameter<edm::ParameterSet>("histoPSet").getParameter<edm::ParameterSet>("htPSet"));
   ls_binning_ = getHistoLSPSet (iConfig.getParameter<edm::ParameterSet>("histoPSet").getParameter<edm::ParameterSet>("htlsPSet"));
   
-  htME_variableBinning_.numerator   = nullptr;
-  htME_variableBinning_.denominator = nullptr;
-  htVsMET_.numerator   = nullptr;
-  htVsMET_.denominator = nullptr;
-  htVsLS_.numerator   = nullptr;
-  htVsLS_.denominator = nullptr;
 }
 
 void HTDQM::bookHistograms(DQMStore::IBooker     & ibooker) 
diff --git a/DQMOffline/Trigger/plugins/JetDQM.cc b/DQMOffline/Trigger/plugins/JetDQM.cc
index e510340bbd2a3..24ed6741d367a 100644
--- a/DQMOffline/Trigger/plugins/JetDQM.cc
+++ b/DQMOffline/Trigger/plugins/JetDQM.cc
@@ -18,25 +18,6 @@ void JetDQM::initialise(const edm::ParameterSet& iConfig){
   mindphijmet_binning_ = getHistoPSet(iConfig.getParameter<edm::ParameterSet>("histoPSet").getParameter<edm::ParameterSet>("mindphijmetPSet"));
   ls_binning_ = getHistoLSPSet (iConfig.getParameter<edm::ParameterSet>("histoPSet").getParameter<edm::ParameterSet>("jetlsPSet"));
 
-  jet1ptME_.clear();
-  jet2ptME_.clear();
-  jet1etaME_.clear();
-  jet2etaME_.clear();
-
-  cjetetaME_.clear();
-  fjetetaME_.clear();
-  cjetptME_.clear();
-  fjetptME_.clear();
-
-  mjjME_.clear();
-  detajjME_.clear();
-  dphijjME_.clear();
-
-  mindphijmetME_.clear();
-
-  jet1etaVsLS_.clear();
-  mjjVsLS_.clear();
-  mindphijmetVsLS_.clear();
 }
 
 void JetDQM::bookHistograms(DQMStore::IBooker     & ibooker) 
diff --git a/DQMOffline/Trigger/plugins/METDQM.cc b/DQMOffline/Trigger/plugins/METDQM.cc
index 7fb8a5b3c7940..3b53bd40bda36 100644
--- a/DQMOffline/Trigger/plugins/METDQM.cc
+++ b/DQMOffline/Trigger/plugins/METDQM.cc
@@ -11,14 +11,6 @@ void METDQM::initialise(const edm::ParameterSet& iConfig ){
   phi_binning_ = getHistoPSet(iConfig.getParameter<edm::ParameterSet>("histoPSet").getParameter<edm::ParameterSet>("phiPSet"));
   ls_binning_ = getHistoLSPSet (iConfig.getParameter<edm::ParameterSet>("histoPSet").getParameter<edm::ParameterSet>   ("lsPSet")     );
   
-  metME_.numerator   = nullptr;
-  metME_.denominator = nullptr;
-  metME_variableBinning_.numerator   = nullptr;
-  metME_variableBinning_.denominator = nullptr;
-  metVsLS_.numerator   = nullptr;
-  metVsLS_.denominator = nullptr;
-  metPhiME_.numerator   = nullptr;
-  metPhiME_.denominator = nullptr;
 }
 
 void METDQM::bookHistograms(DQMStore::IBooker     & ibooker) 
diff --git a/DQMOffline/Trigger/plugins/TriggerDQMBase.h b/DQMOffline/Trigger/plugins/TriggerDQMBase.h
index 6c284d64c6f13..2cb2284f067b6 100644
--- a/DQMOffline/Trigger/plugins/TriggerDQMBase.h
+++ b/DQMOffline/Trigger/plugins/TriggerDQMBase.h
@@ -18,12 +18,8 @@ class TriggerDQMBase
   };
   
   struct ObjME {
-    MonitorElement* numerator;
-    MonitorElement* denominator;
-    inline void clear(){
-      numerator = nullptr;
-      denominator = nullptr;
-    };
+    MonitorElement* numerator = nullptr;
+    MonitorElement* denominator = nullptr;
   };
 
   static void fillHistoPSetDescription(edm::ParameterSetDescription & pset);
diff --git a/DQMOffline/Trigger/python/VBFSUSYMonitor_Client_cff.py b/DQMOffline/Trigger/python/VBFSUSYMonitor_Client_cff.py
index 4e6a24756316c..aa1bc43d9f3a7 100644
--- a/DQMOffline/Trigger/python/VBFSUSYMonitor_Client_cff.py
+++ b/DQMOffline/Trigger/python/VBFSUSYMonitor_Client_cff.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
         
     ),
     efficiencyProfile = cms.untracked.vstring(
-        "effic_ht_vs_MET 'HT efficiency vs MET; MET; PF HT efficiency' htVsMET_numerator htVsMET_denominator"
-        "effic_ht_vs_LS  'HT efficiency vs LS; LS; PF HT efficiency' htVsLS_numerator htVsLS_denominator"
+        "effic_ht_vs_MET 'HT efficiency vs MET; MET; PF HT efficiency' htVsMET_numerator htVsMET_denominator",
+        "effic_ht_vs_LS  'HT efficiency vs LS; LS; PF HT efficiency' htVsLS_numerator htVsLS_denominator",
         "effic_met_vs_LS 'MET efficiency vs LS; LS; PF MET efficiency' metVsLS_numerator metVsLS_denominator",
         "effic_jet1etaVsLS 'Jet1 #eta efficiency vs LS; LS; jet1 #eta efficiency' jet1etaVsLS_numerator jet1etaVsLS_denominator",
 "effic_mjjVsLS 'M_{jj} efficiency vs LS; LS;  M_{jj} efficiency' mjjVsLS_numerator mjjVsLS_denominator",