diff --git a/DataFormats/Detectors/GlobalTracking/include/DataFormatsGlobalTracking/RecoContainerCreateTracksVariadic.h b/DataFormats/Detectors/GlobalTracking/include/DataFormatsGlobalTracking/RecoContainerCreateTracksVariadic.h
index 6c31dec12c7d4..4bbe355a781c7 100644
--- a/DataFormats/Detectors/GlobalTracking/include/DataFormatsGlobalTracking/RecoContainerCreateTracksVariadic.h
+++ b/DataFormats/Detectors/GlobalTracking/include/DataFormatsGlobalTracking/RecoContainerCreateTracksVariadic.h
@@ -196,12 +196,11 @@ void o2::globaltracking::RecoContainer::createTracksVariadic(T creator, GTrackID
             flagUsed(trc.getRefGlobalTrackId()); // flag seeding ITS-TPC track
             continue;
           }
-          float t0 = t0Trig, t0Err = 5.e-3; // 5ns nominal error
-          if (trc.hasPileUpInfo()) {        // distance to farthest collision within the pileup integration time
-            t0 += trc.getPileUpTimeShiftMUS();
+          float t0Err = 5.e-3;       // 5ns nominal error
+          if (trc.hasPileUpInfo()) { // distance to farthest collision within the pileup integration time
             t0Err += trc.getPileUpTimeErrorMUS();
           }
-          if (creator(trc, {i, currentSource}, t0, t0Err)) { // assign 1ns error to BC
+          if (creator(trc, {i, currentSource}, t0Trig, t0Err)) { // assign 1ns error to BC
             flagUsed(trc.getRefGlobalTrackId());            // flag seeding ITS-TPC track
           }
         }
@@ -249,12 +248,11 @@ void o2::globaltracking::RecoContainer::createTracksVariadic(T creator, GTrackID
             flagUsed(trc.getRefGlobalTrackId()); // flag seeding TPC track
             continue;
           }
-          float t0 = t0Trig, t0Err = 5.e-3; // 5ns nominal error
-          if (trc.hasPileUpInfo()) {        // distance to farthest collision within the pileup integration time
-            t0 += trc.getPileUpTimeShiftMUS();
+          float t0Err = 5.e-3;       // 5ns nominal error
+          if (trc.hasPileUpInfo()) { // distance to farthest collision within the pileup integration time
             t0Err += trc.getPileUpTimeErrorMUS();
           }
-          if (creator(trc, {i, currentSource}, t0, t0Err)) { // assign 1ns error to BC
+          if (creator(trc, {i, currentSource}, t0Trig, t0Err)) { // assign 1ns error to BC
             flagUsed(trc.getRefGlobalTrackId());            // flag seeding TPC track
           }
         }
diff --git a/DataFormats/Detectors/GlobalTracking/src/RecoContainer.cxx b/DataFormats/Detectors/GlobalTracking/src/RecoContainer.cxx
index 4c244b61bc5f8..1ecc67cda9bfb 100644
--- a/DataFormats/Detectors/GlobalTracking/src/RecoContainer.cxx
+++ b/DataFormats/Detectors/GlobalTracking/src/RecoContainer.cxx
@@ -1521,7 +1521,6 @@ void RecoContainer::getTrackTimeITSTPCTRD(GTrackID gid, float& t, float& tErr) c
       tErr = 5.e-3;
       const auto& trc = getITSTPCTRDTracks<o2::trd::TrackTRD>()[gid];
       if (trc.hasPileUpInfo()) { // distance to farthest collision within the pileup integration time
-        t += trc.getPileUpTimeShiftMUS();
         tErr += trc.getPileUpTimeErrorMUS();
       }
     }
@@ -1539,7 +1538,6 @@ void RecoContainer::getTrackTimeTPCTRD(GTrackID gid, float& t, float& tErr) cons
       tErr = 5.e-3;
       const auto& trc = getTPCTRDTracks<o2::trd::TrackTRD>()[gid];
       if (trc.hasPileUpInfo()) { // distance to farthest collision within the pileup integration time
-        t += trc.getPileUpTimeShiftMUS();
         tErr += trc.getPileUpTimeErrorMUS();
       }
     }