diff --git a/DATA/production/qc-async/zdc.json b/DATA/production/qc-async/zdc.json
index d94c7756f..88ca06a3e 100644
--- a/DATA/production/qc-async/zdc.json
+++ b/DATA/production/qc-async/zdc.json
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
         "name": "not_applicable"
       },
       "Activity": {
+        "number": "42",
+        "type": "2"
       },
       "monitoring": {
         "url": "influxdb-unix:///tmp/telegraf.sock"
@@ -35,23 +37,15 @@
         },
         "taskParameters": {
           "ADC": "3025;-100;12000",
-          "ADCZEM": "3025;-100;12000",
           "ADCH": "1100;-100;1000",
-          "TDCT": "2400;-13.5;11.45",
+          "TDCT": "2400;-25;25",
           "TDCA": "2050;-0.5;4099.5",
-	  "TDCAH": "520;-20;500",
-	  "TDCAZEM": "2050;-0.5;4099.5",
-          "ADCSUMvsTC": "121;-100;12000;121;-100;12000",
-          "ADCZEMvsADCZEM": "121;-100;12000;121;-100;12000",
-          "ADCZEMvsTC": "121;-100;12000;121;-100;12000",
-          "ADCvsTDCT": "120;-13.5;11.45;121;-100;12000",
-          "ADCZEMvsTDCT": "120;-13.5;11.45;121;-100;12000",
-          "TDCDIFF": "240;-27;22.90;240;-27;22.90",
-          "TDCAvsTDCT": "120;-13.5;11.45;125;-1;3999",
-	  "TDCAZEMvsTDCT": "120;-13.5;11.45;125;-1;3999", 
-          "TDCAvsTDCA": "125;-1;3999;125;-1;3999",
-          "TDCAZEMvsTDCAZEM": "125;-1;3999;125;-1;3999",
-          "TDCAZEMvsTDCA": "125;-1;3999;125;-1;3999",
+	  "TDCAH": "2000;-0.5;3999.5",
+          "ADCSUMvsTC": "605;-100;12000;605;-100;12000",
+          "ADCvsTDCT": "240;-25;25;605;-100;12000",
+          "TDCDIFF": "240;-25;25;240;-25;25",
+          "TDCAvsTDCT": "480;-25;25;500;-1;3999",
+	  "TDCAvsTDCA": "500;-1;3999;500;-1;3999",
           "CENTR_ZNA": "200;-2;2;200;-2;2",
           "CENTR_ZNC": "200;-2;2;200;-2;2",
           "CENTR_ZPA": "2240;0;22.4",
@@ -61,4 +55,3 @@
     }
   }
 }
-
diff --git a/DATA/production/qc-async/zdcPbPb.json b/DATA/production/qc-async/zdcPbPb.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e5e2840f2..000000000
--- a/DATA/production/qc-async/zdcPbPb.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "qc": {
-    "config": {
-      "database": {
-        "implementation": "CCDB",
-        "host": "alio2-cr1-hv-qcdb1.cern.ch:8083",
-        "username": "not_applicable",
-        "password": "not_applicable",
-        "name": "not_applicable"
-      },
-      "Activity": {
-      },
-      "monitoring": {
-        "url": "influxdb-unix:///tmp/telegraf.sock"
-      },
-      "consul": {
-        "url": "http://ali-consul.cern.ch:8500"
-      },
-      "conditionDB": {
-        "url": "http://o2-ccdb.internal"
-      }
-    },
-    "tasks": {
-      "ZDCRec": {
-        "active": "true",
-	"taskName": "Rec",
-        "className": "o2::quality_control_modules::zdc::ZDCRecDataTask",
-        "moduleName": "QcZDC",
-        "detectorName": "ZDC",
-        "cycleDurationSeconds": "60",
-        "maxNumberCycles": "-1",
-        "dataSource": {
-          "type": "direct",
-          "query": "zdc-bcrec:ZDC/BCREC/0;zdc-energyrec:ZDC/ENERGY/0;zdc-tdcrec:ZDC/TDCDATA/0;zdc-inforec:ZDC/INFO/0"
-        },
-        "taskParameters": {
-          "ADC": "3600, -3;357",
-          "ADCZEM": "3025;-100;12000",
-          "ADCH": "2300;-3;20",
-          "TDCT": "2400;-13.5;11.45",
-          "TDCA": "3600, -3;357",
-	  "TDCAZEM": "2050;-0.5;4099.5",
-          "TDCAH": "2300,-3,20",
-          "ADCSUMvsTC": "144;-3;357;144;-3;357",
-          "ADCZEMvsADCZEM": "121;-100;12000;121;-100;12000",
-          "ADCZEMvsTC": "144;-3;357;121;-100;12000",
-          "ADCvsTDCT": "120;-13.5;11.45;144;-3;357",
-          "ADCZEMvsTDCT": "120;-13.5;11.45;121;-100;12000",
-          "TDCDIFF": "240;-27;22.90;240;-27;22.90",
-          "TDCAvsTDCT": "120;-13.5;11.45;144;-3;357",
-	  "TDCAZEMvsTDCT": "120;-13.5;11.45;125;-1;3999", 
-          "TDCAvsTDCA": "144;-3;357;144;-3;357",
-          "TDCAZEMvsTDCAZEM": "125;-1;3999;125;-1;3999",
-          "TDCAZEMvsTDCA": "144;-3;357;125;-1;3999",
-          "CENTR_ZNA": "200;-2;2;200;-2;2",
-          "CENTR_ZNC": "200;-2;2;200;-2;2",
-          "CENTR_ZPA": "2240;0;22.4",
-          "CENTR_ZPC": "2240;-22.4;0"
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
diff --git a/DATA/production/qc-workflow.sh b/DATA/production/qc-workflow.sh
index 033e12a7e..19f7b8478 100755
--- a/DATA/production/qc-workflow.sh
+++ b/DATA/production/qc-workflow.sh
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ elif [[ -z ${QC_JSON_FROM_OUTSIDE:-} ]]; then
     [[ -z "${QC_JSON_FV0:-}" ]] && QC_JSON_FV0=$O2DPG_ROOT/DATA/production/qc-async/fv0.json
     [[ -z "${QC_JSON_FDD:-}" ]] && QC_JSON_FDD=$O2DPG_ROOT/DATA/production/qc-async/fdd.json
     [[ -z "${QC_JSON_MID:-}" ]] && QC_JSON_MID=$O2DPG_ROOT/DATA/production/qc-async/mid.json
+    [[ -z "${QC_JSON_ZDC:-}" ]] && has_processing_step ZDC_RECO && QC_JSON_ZDC=$O2DPG_ROOT/DATA/production/qc-async/zdc.json
     if [[ -z "${QC_JSON_EMC:-}" ]]; then
       if [[ "$BEAMTYPE" == "PbPb" ]]; then
         QC_JSON_EMC=$O2DPG_ROOT/DATA/production/qc-async/emc_PbPb.json
@@ -190,13 +191,6 @@ elif [[ -z ${QC_JSON_FROM_OUTSIDE:-} ]]; then
         QC_JSON_EMC=$O2DPG_ROOT/DATA/production/qc-async/emc.json
       fi
     fi
-    if [[ -z "${QC_JSON_ZDC:-}" ]] && has_processing_step ZDC_RECO; then
-      if [[ "$BEAMTYPE" == "PbPb" ]]; then
-        QC_JSON_ZDC=$O2DPG_ROOT/DATA/production/qc-async/zdcPbPb.json
-      else
-        QC_JSON_ZDC=$O2DPG_ROOT/DATA/production/qc-async/zdc.json
-      fi
-    fi
     if has_detector_qc MCH && [[ -z "${QC_JSON_MCH:-}" ]]; then
       add_QC_JSON MCH_DIGITS $O2DPG_ROOT/DATA/production/qc-async/mch-digits.json
       if has_processing_step "MCH_RECO"; then