diff --git a/PWGLF/TableProducer/Nuspex/nucleiSpectra.cxx b/PWGLF/TableProducer/Nuspex/nucleiSpectra.cxx
index ecc24c0519b..2494942e9c3 100644
--- a/PWGLF/TableProducer/Nuspex/nucleiSpectra.cxx
+++ b/PWGLF/TableProducer/Nuspex/nucleiSpectra.cxx
@@ -1007,8 +1007,6 @@ struct nucleiSpectra {
           if (particle.y() > cfgCutRapidityMin && particle.y() < cfgCutRapidityMax) {
             nuclei::hGenNuclei[iS][particle.pdgCode() < 0]->Fill(1., particle.pt());
           }
-        } else {
-          continue; /// for not-reconstructed particles we store only the primaries
         }
 
         if (!isReconstructed[index] && (cfgTreeConfig->get(iS, 0u) || cfgTreeConfig->get(iS, 1u))) {