diff --git a/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/reconstruction/src/RawPixelDecoder.cxx b/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/reconstruction/src/RawPixelDecoder.cxx
index 7158551e02e20..df877cd38c578 100644
--- a/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/reconstruction/src/RawPixelDecoder.cxx
+++ b/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/reconstruction/src/RawPixelDecoder.cxx
@@ -235,15 +235,6 @@ void RawPixelDecoder<Mapping>::setupLinks(InputRecord& inputs)
   auto nLinks = mGBTLinks.size();
   auto origin = (mUserDataOrigin == o2::header::gDataOriginInvalid) ? mMAP.getOrigin() : mUserDataOrigin;
   auto datadesc = (mUserDataDescription == o2::header::gDataDescriptionInvalid) ? o2::header::gDataDescriptionRawData : mUserDataDescription;
-  if (mUserDataDescription != o2::header::gDataDescriptionInvalid) { // overwrite data filter origin&descriptions with user defined ones if possible
-    for (auto& filt : mInputFilter) {
-      if (std::holds_alternative<o2::framework::ConcreteDataMatcher>(filt.matcher)) {
-        std::get<o2::framework::ConcreteDataMatcher>(filt.matcher).origin = origin;
-        std::get<o2::framework::ConcreteDataMatcher>(filt.matcher).description = datadesc;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   // if we see requested data type input with 0xDEADBEEF subspec and 0 payload this means that the "delayed message"
   // mechanism created it in absence of real data from upstream. Processor should send empty output to not block the workflow
   {
diff --git a/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/workflow/src/STFDecoderSpec.cxx b/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/workflow/src/STFDecoderSpec.cxx
index 8fb6ba4e6aa97..3cc88752d290c 100644
--- a/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/workflow/src/STFDecoderSpec.cxx
+++ b/Detectors/ITSMFT/common/workflow/src/STFDecoderSpec.cxx
@@ -72,11 +72,22 @@ void STFDecoder<Mapping>::init(InitContext& ic)
     header::DataDescription dataDesc;
     dataOrig.runtimeInit(v1[0].c_str());
     dataDesc.runtimeInit(v2[0].c_str());
+    Mapping map;
     for (int iLayer{0}; iLayer < mLayers; ++iLayer) {
       auto& dec = mDecoder.emplace_back(std::make_unique<RawPixelDecoder<Mapping>>());
       dec->setUserDataOrigin(dataOrig);
       dec->setUserDataDescription(dataDesc);
       dec->init(); // is this no-op?
+
+      if (mDoStaggering) {
+        std::vector<o2::framework::InputSpec> filter;
+        for (const auto feeID : map.getLayer2FEEIDs(iLayer)) {
+          filter.emplace_back("filter", ConcreteDataMatcher{dataOrig, dataDesc, (o2::header::DataHeader::SubSpecificationType)feeID});
+        }
+        dec->setInputFilter(filter);
+      } else {
+        dec->setInputFilter({InputSpec{"filter", ConcreteDataTypeMatcher(dataOrig, dataDesc)}});
+      }
     }
   } catch (const std::exception& e) {
     LOG(error) << "exception was thrown in decoder creation: " << e.what();
@@ -131,17 +142,6 @@ void STFDecoder<Mapping>::init(InitContext& ic)
     mClusterer = std::make_unique<Clusterer>();
     mClusterer->setNChips(Mapping::getNChips());
   }
-
-  if (mDoStaggering) {
-    Mapping map;
-    for (uint32_t iLayer{0}; iLayer < mLayers; ++iLayer) {
-      std::vector<o2::framework::InputSpec> filter;
-      for (const auto feeID : map.getLayer2FEEIDs(iLayer)) {
-        filter.emplace_back("filter", ConcreteDataMatcher{Mapping::getOrigin(), o2::header::gDataDescriptionRawData, (o2::header::DataHeader::SubSpecificationType)feeID});
-      }
-      mDecoder[iLayer]->setInputFilter(filter);
-    }
-  }
 }
 
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