diff --git a/DataFormats/HGCRecHit/src/classes_def.xml b/DataFormats/HGCRecHit/src/classes_def.xml
index 319f0fe142654..861d9eecfa190 100644
--- a/DataFormats/HGCRecHit/src/classes_def.xml
+++ b/DataFormats/HGCRecHit/src/classes_def.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
   <class name="edm::RefProd<edm::SortedCollection<HGCRecHit,edm::StrictWeakOrdering<HGCRecHit> > >"/>
 
   <class name="edm::Wrapper<std::vector<HGCRecHit>>"/>
-  <class name="edm::Wrapper<HGCRecHitCollection>"/>
  
   <class name="edm::DetSet<HGCRecHit>"/>
   <class name="edm::DetSetVector<HGCRecHit>"/>