diff --git a/MC/run/ANCHOR/anchorMC.sh b/MC/run/ANCHOR/anchorMC.sh
index 7e14faabe..70ac64a87 100755
--- a/MC/run/ANCHOR/anchorMC.sh
+++ b/MC/run/ANCHOR/anchorMC.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ print_help()
   echo "ALIEN_JDL_CPULIMIT or CPULIMIT, set the CPU limit of the workflow runner, default: 8,"
   echo "NWORKERS, set the number of workers during detector transport, default: 8,"
   echo "ALIEN_JDL_SIMENGINE or SIMENGINE, choose the transport engine, default: TGeant4,"
-  echo "ALIEN_JDL_WORKFLOWDETECTORS, set detectors to be taken into account, default: ITS,TPC,TOF,FV0,FT0,FDD,MID,MFT,MCH,TRD,EMC,PHS,CPV,HMP,CTP,"
+  echo "ALIEN_JDL_WORKFLOWDETECTORS, set detectors to be taken into account, default: not-used (take the ones from async-reco)"
   echo "ALIEN_JDL_ANCHOR_SIM_OPTIONS, additional options that are passed to the workflow creation, default: -gen pythia8,"
   echo "ALIEN_JDL_ADDTIMESERIESINMC, run TPC time series. Default: 1, switch off by setting to 0,"
   echo "ALIEN_JDL_MC_ORBITS_PER_TF=N, enforce some orbits per timeframe, instead of determining from CCDB"
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ alien-token-info >/dev/null 2>&1
 # the only four where there is a real default for
 export ALIEN_JDL_CPULIMIT=${ALIEN_JDL_CPULIMIT:-${CPULIMIT:-8}}
 export ALIEN_JDL_SIMENGINE=${ALIEN_JDL_SIMENGINE:-${SIMENGINE:-TGeant4}}
-export ALIEN_JDL_WORKFLOWDETECTORS=${ALIEN_JDL_WORKFLOWDETECTORS:-ITS,TPC,TOF,FV0,FT0,FDD,MID,MFT,MCH,TRD,EMC,PHS,CPV,HMP,CTP}
 # can be passed to contain additional options that will be passed to o2dpg_sim_workflow_anchored.py and eventually to o2dpg_sim_workflow.py
 export ALIEN_JDL_ANCHOR_SIM_OPTIONS=${ALIEN_JDL_ANCHOR_SIM_OPTIONS:--gen pythia8}
 # all others MUST be set by the user/on the outside