diff --git a/L1Trigger/TrackFindingTracklet/src/PurgeDuplicate.cc b/L1Trigger/TrackFindingTracklet/src/PurgeDuplicate.cc
index f66f75bee9898..6aa852fb93717 100644
--- a/L1Trigger/TrackFindingTracklet/src/PurgeDuplicate.cc
+++ b/L1Trigger/TrackFindingTracklet/src/PurgeDuplicate.cc
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ void PurgeDuplicate::execute(std::vector<Track>& outputtracks, unsigned int iSec
         }
 
         // Initialize all-false 2D array of tracks being duplicates to other tracks
-        std::vector<std::vector<bool>> dupMap(numStublists, std::vector<bool>(numStublists, false));  // Ends up symmetric
+        std::vector<std::vector<bool>> dupMap(numStublists,
+                                              std::vector<bool>(numStublists, false));  // Ends up symmetric
 
         //Flag to check if track will be merged into another track
         std::vector<bool> mergedTrack(numStublists, false);
@@ -304,7 +305,7 @@ void PurgeDuplicate::execute(std::vector<Track>& outputtracks, unsigned int iSec
             if (nShareLay >= settings_.minIndStubs()) {  // For number of shared stub merge condition
               dupMap[seedRankIdx[itrk]][seedRankIdx[jtrk]] = true;
               dupMap[seedRankIdx[jtrk]][seedRankIdx[itrk]] = true;
-              if (seedRank[itrk] < seedRank[jtrk]) {
+              if (seedRank[itrk] <= seedRank[jtrk]) {
                 mergedTrack[seedRankIdx[jtrk]] = true;
               }
             }
@@ -332,42 +333,6 @@ void PurgeDuplicate::execute(std::vector<Track>& outputtracks, unsigned int iSec
                 trackBinInfo[seedRankIdx[preftrk]] = true;
                 trackBinInfo[seedRankIdx[rejetrk]] = true;
               } else {
-                // Get a merged stub list
-                std::vector<const Stub*> newStubList;
-                std::vector<const Stub*> stubsTrk1 = sortedinputstublists_[preftrk];
-                std::vector<const Stub*> stubsTrk2 = sortedinputstublists_[rejetrk];
-                std::vector<unsigned int> stubsTrk1indices;
-                std::vector<unsigned int> stubsTrk2indices;
-                for (unsigned int stub1it = 0; stub1it < stubsTrk1.size(); stub1it++) {
-                  stubsTrk1indices.push_back(stubsTrk1[stub1it]->l1tstub()->uniqueIndex());
-                }
-                for (unsigned int stub2it = 0; stub2it < stubsTrk2.size(); stub2it++) {
-                  stubsTrk2indices.push_back(stubsTrk2[stub2it]->l1tstub()->uniqueIndex());
-                }
-                newStubList = stubsTrk1;
-                for (unsigned int stub2it = 0; stub2it < stubsTrk2.size(); stub2it++) {
-                  if (find(stubsTrk1indices.begin(), stubsTrk1indices.end(), stubsTrk2indices[stub2it]) ==
-                      stubsTrk1indices.end()) {
-                    newStubList.push_back(stubsTrk2[stub2it]);
-                  }
-                }
-                //   Overwrite stublist of preferred track with merged list
-                sortedinputstublists_[preftrk] = newStubList;
-
-                std::vector<std::pair<int, int>> newStubidsList;
-                std::vector<std::pair<int, int>> stubidsTrk1 = sortedmergedstubidslists_[preftrk];
-                std::vector<std::pair<int, int>> stubidsTrk2 = sortedmergedstubidslists_[rejetrk];
-                newStubidsList = stubidsTrk1;
-
-                for (unsigned int stub2it = 0; stub2it < stubsTrk2.size(); stub2it++) {
-                  if (find(stubsTrk1indices.begin(), stubsTrk1indices.end(), stubsTrk2indices[stub2it]) ==
-                      stubsTrk1indices.end()) {
-                    newStubidsList.push_back(stubidsTrk2[stub2it]);
-                  }
-                }
-                // Overwrite stubidslist of preferred track with merged list
-                sortedmergedstubidslists_[preftrk] = newStubidsList;
-
                 // Mark that rejected track has been merged into another track
                 trackInfo[seedRankIdx[jtrk]].second = true;
               }