diff --git a/Validation/RecoTrack/python/TrackValidation_cff.py b/Validation/RecoTrack/python/TrackValidation_cff.py
index dff571862bb46..5a806298bb7b3 100644
--- a/Validation/RecoTrack/python/TrackValidation_cff.py
+++ b/Validation/RecoTrack/python/TrackValidation_cff.py
@@ -713,9 +713,13 @@ def _uniqueFirstLayers(layerList):
 tpClusterProducerHeterogeneousPixelTrackingOnly = tpClusterProducerHeterogeneous.clone(
    pixelClusterSrc = "siPixelClustersPreSplitting"
 )
-tpClusterProducerPixelTrackingOnly = tpClusterProducer.clone()
-# Need to use the modifier to customize because the exact EDProducer type depends on the modifier
-gpu.toModify(tpClusterProducerPixelTrackingOnly, src = "tpClusterProducerHeterogeneousPixelTrackingOnly")
+tpClusterProducerPixelTrackingOnly = tpClusterProducer.clone(
+   pixelClusterSrc = "siPixelClustersPreSplitting"
+)
+from Configuration.ProcessModifiers.gpu_cff import gpu
+gpu.toReplaceWith(tpClusterProducerPixelTrackingOnly, tpClusterProducerConverter.clone(
+    src = "tpClusterProducerHeterogeneousPixelTrackingOnly"
+))
 
 quickTrackAssociatorByHitsPixelTrackingOnly = quickTrackAssociatorByHits.clone(
     cluster2TPSrc = "tpClusterProducerPixelTrackingOnly"