diff --git a/DQM/EcalCommon/tools/ec_mon3/ec_mon_cmssw_task_wrapper b/DQM/EcalCommon/tools/ec_mon3/ec_mon_cmssw_task_wrapper
index c3883e55dba99..89f524a966432 100755
--- a/DQM/EcalCommon/tools/ec_mon3/ec_mon_cmssw_task_wrapper
+++ b/DQM/EcalCommon/tools/ec_mon3/ec_mon_cmssw_task_wrapper
@@ -180,16 +180,6 @@ process.hltTriggerTypeFilter.SelectedTriggerType = 1
 
 process.load("FWCore.Modules.preScaler_cfi")
 
-process.ecalPrescaler = cms.EDFilter("EcalMonitorPrescaler",
-    EcalRawDataCollection = cms.InputTag("ecalEBunpacker"),
-    cosmicPrescaleFactor = cms.untracked.int32(6),
-    laserPrescaleFactor = cms.untracked.int32(1),
-    ledPrescaleFactor = cms.untracked.int32(1),
-    pedestalPrescaleFactor = cms.untracked.int32(2),
-    testpulsePrescaleFactor = cms.untracked.int32(2),
-    pedestaloffsetPrescaleFactor = cms.untracked.int32(1)
-)
-
 process.ecalPhysicsFilter = cms.EDFilter("EcalMonitorPrescaler",
     EcalRawDataCollection = cms.InputTag("ecalEBunpacker"),
     cosmicPrescaleFactor = cms.untracked.int32(1),
@@ -362,9 +352,7 @@ process.MessageLogger = cms.Service("MessageLogger",
 process.preScaler.prescaleFactor = 1
 #process.preScaler.prescaleFactor = 10
 
-process.ecalDataSequence = cms.Sequence(process.preScaler*process.ecalEBunpacker*process.ecalPrescaler*process.ecalUncalibHit*process.ecalRecHit)
-
-process.ecalDataSequence.remove(process.ecalPrescaler)
+process.ecalDataSequence = cms.Sequence(process.preScaler*process.ecalEBunpacker*process.ecalUncalibHit*process.ecalRecHit)
 
 process.ecalBarrelMonitorSequence = cms.Sequence(process.ecalBarrelMonitorModule*process.ecalBarrelMonitorClient)