diff --git a/Detectors/GlobalTrackingWorkflow/readers/include/GlobalTrackingWorkflowReaders/TrackCosmicsExtendedReaderSpec.h b/Detectors/GlobalTrackingWorkflow/readers/include/GlobalTrackingWorkflowReaders/TrackCosmicsExtendedReaderSpec.h
index 43e9dabfa5e6c..f5ae2bf61bcd0 100644
--- a/Detectors/GlobalTrackingWorkflow/readers/include/GlobalTrackingWorkflowReaders/TrackCosmicsExtendedReaderSpec.h
+++ b/Detectors/GlobalTrackingWorkflow/readers/include/GlobalTrackingWorkflowReaders/TrackCosmicsExtendedReaderSpec.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ class TrackCosmicsExtendedReader : public Task
   std::string mFileName = "";
   std::vector<o2::dataformats::TrackCosmicsExtended> mCosmics, *mCosmicsPtr = &mCosmics;
   o2::dataformats::CosmicsTFInfo mTFInfo, *mTFInfoPtr = &mTFInfo;
-  o2::dataformats::TFIDInfo mTFID, *mTFIDPtr = &mTFID;
 };
 
 /// create a processor spec to read the extended cosmics (as written by cosmics-full-writer) from a root file
diff --git a/Detectors/GlobalTrackingWorkflow/readers/src/TrackCosmicsExtendedReaderSpec.cxx b/Detectors/GlobalTrackingWorkflow/readers/src/TrackCosmicsExtendedReaderSpec.cxx
index 5fc776d831b13..01f9903cb656a 100644
--- a/Detectors/GlobalTrackingWorkflow/readers/src/TrackCosmicsExtendedReaderSpec.cxx
+++ b/Detectors/GlobalTrackingWorkflow/readers/src/TrackCosmicsExtendedReaderSpec.cxx
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ namespace globaltracking
 {
 void TrackCosmicsExtendedReader::init(InitContext& ic)
 {
-  mIncludeTFIDInfo = ic.options().get<bool>("push-tfid-info");
   mFileName = o2::utils::Str::concat_string(o2::utils::Str::rectifyDirectory(ic.options().get<std::string>("input-dir")),
                                             ic.options().get<std::string>("cosmics-full-infile"));
   connectTree(mFileName);
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ void TrackCosmicsExtendedReader::run(ProcessingContext& pc)
     LOG(info) << "no entry to read, publishing empty output";
     mCosmics.clear();
     mTFInfo = {};
-    mTFID = {};
   } else {
     mTree->GetEntry(ent);
   }
@@ -51,9 +49,6 @@ void TrackCosmicsExtendedReader::run(ProcessingContext& pc)
 
   pc.outputs().snapshot(Output{"GLO", "COSMFULL", 0}, mCosmics);
   pc.outputs().snapshot(Output{"GLO", "COSMFULLTF", 0}, mTFInfo);
-  if (mIncludeTFIDInfo) {
-    pc.outputs().snapshot(Output{"GLO", "COSMFULLTFID", 0}, mTFID);
-  }
   if (noEntry || mTree->GetReadEntry() + 1 >= mTree->GetEntries()) {
     pc.services().get<ControlService>().endOfStream();
     pc.services().get<ControlService>().readyToQuit(QuitRequest::Me);
@@ -73,9 +68,6 @@ void TrackCosmicsExtendedReader::connectTree(const std::string& filename)
   }
   mTree->SetBranchAddress("cosmics", &mCosmicsPtr);
   mTree->SetBranchAddress("tfInfo", &mTFInfoPtr);
-  if (mIncludeTFIDInfo) {
-    mTree->SetBranchAddress("tfID", &mTFIDPtr);
-  }
   LOG(info) << "Loaded tree from " << filename << " with " << mTree->GetEntries() << " entries";
 }
 
@@ -84,7 +76,6 @@ DataProcessorSpec getTrackCosmicsExtendedReaderSpec()
   std::vector<OutputSpec> outputs;
   outputs.emplace_back("GLO", "COSMFULL", 0, Lifetime::Timeframe);
   outputs.emplace_back("GLO", "COSMFULLTF", 0, Lifetime::Timeframe);
-  outputs.emplace_back("GLO", "COSMFULLTFID", 0, Lifetime::Timeframe);
 
   return DataProcessorSpec{
     "cosmic-ext-reader",
@@ -93,7 +84,6 @@ DataProcessorSpec getTrackCosmicsExtendedReaderSpec()
     AlgorithmSpec{adaptFromTask<TrackCosmicsExtendedReader>()},
     Options{
       {"cosmics-full-infile", VariantType::String, "o2_cosmics_full.root", {"Name of the input file"}},
-      {"push-tfid-info", VariantType::Bool, false, {"Include tfID branch (identical to o2_tfidinfo.root content pushed by DPL)"}},
       {"input-dir", VariantType::String, "none", {"Input directory"}}}};
 }