diff --git a/CondFormats/Common/test/DropBoxMetadataReader.py b/CondFormats/Common/test/DropBoxMetadataReader.py
index c61499eb76cbb..da0786e4d53a7 100644
--- a/CondFormats/Common/test/DropBoxMetadataReader.py
+++ b/CondFormats/Common/test/DropBoxMetadataReader.py
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@
                                     "SiPixelQualityFromDbRcd_other",
                                     "SiPixelLorentzAngleRcd",
                                     "CTPPSRPAlignmentCorrectionsDataRcd",
-                                    "PPSTimingCalibrationRcd",
-                                    "PPSTimingCalibrationRcd_Sampic"
+                                    "PPSTimingCalibrationRcd"
                                     ) # same strings as fType
                                   )
 
diff --git a/CondFormats/Common/test/ProduceDropBoxMetadata.py b/CondFormats/Common/test/ProduceDropBoxMetadata.py
index 0e11d3f4ec55d..a8dd3d5bde692 100644
--- a/CondFormats/Common/test/ProduceDropBoxMetadata.py
+++ b/CondFormats/Common/test/ProduceDropBoxMetadata.py
@@ -218,13 +218,7 @@ def encodeJsonInString(filename):
                                                                FileClass           = cms.untracked.string("ALCA"),
                                                                prodMetaData        = cms.untracked.string(PPSTimingCalibrationRcd_prod_str),
                                                                prepMetaData        = cms.untracked.string(PPSTimingCalibrationRcd_prep_str),
-                                                               ),
-                                                      cms.PSet(record              = cms.untracked.string('PPSTimingCalibrationRcd_Sampic'),
-                                                               Source              = cms.untracked.string("AlcaHarvesting"),
-                                                               FileClass           = cms.untracked.string("ALCA"),
-                                                               prodMetaData        = cms.untracked.string(PPSTimingCalibrationRcd_Sampic_prod_str),
-                                                               prepMetaData        = cms.untracked.string(PPSTimingCalibrationRcd_Sampic_prep_str),
-                                                               ),
+                                                               )
                                                       ),
                                   # this boolean will read the content of whichever payload is available and print its content to stoutput
                                   # set this to false if you write out a sqlite.db translating the json's into a payload
diff --git a/Configuration/StandardSequences/python/AlCaHarvesting_cff.py b/Configuration/StandardSequences/python/AlCaHarvesting_cff.py
index 2fba7c2062fdf..d1c1c01b771ba 100644
--- a/Configuration/StandardSequences/python/AlCaHarvesting_cff.py
+++ b/Configuration/StandardSequences/python/AlCaHarvesting_cff.py
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@
                                                     timetype = cms.untracked.string('runnumber')
                                                     )
 
-ALCAHARVESTPPSDiamondSampicTimingCalibration_metadata = cms.PSet(record = cms.untracked.string('PPSTimingCalibrationRcd_Sampic'))
-ALCAHARVESTPPSDiamondSampicTimingCalibration_dbOutput = cms.PSet(record = cms.string('PPSTimingCalibrationRcd_Sampic'),
+ALCAHARVESTPPSDiamondSampicTimingCalibration_metadata = cms.PSet(record = cms.untracked.string('PPSTimingCalibrationRcd'))
+ALCAHARVESTPPSDiamondSampicTimingCalibration_dbOutput = cms.PSet(record = cms.string('PPSTimingCalibrationRcd'),
                                             tag = cms.string('DiamondSampicCalibration'),
                                             timetype = cms.untracked.string('runnumber'))