diff --git a/Configuration/StandardSequences/python/Reconstruction_cff.py b/Configuration/StandardSequences/python/Reconstruction_cff.py
index 0ee9ea3976bf1..90d2b05cbb7d1 100644
--- a/Configuration/StandardSequences/python/Reconstruction_cff.py
+++ b/Configuration/StandardSequences/python/Reconstruction_cff.py
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@
 logErrorHarvester.includeModules = cms.untracked.vstring(set(_modulesInReconstruction))
 
 reconstruction_trackingOnlyTask = cms.Task(localrecoTask,globalreco_trackingTask)
+#calo parts removed as long as tracking is not running jetCore in phase2
+trackingPhase2PU140.toReplaceWith(reconstruction_trackingOnlyTask,
+                                  reconstruction_trackingOnlyTask.copyAndExclude([hgcalLocalRecoTask,castorreco]))
 reconstruction_trackingOnly = cms.Sequence(reconstruction_trackingOnlyTask)
 reconstruction_pixelTrackingOnlyTask = cms.Task(
     pixeltrackerlocalrecoTask,