diff --git a/DQM/Integration/python/clients/pixel_dqm_sourceclient-live_cfg.py b/DQM/Integration/python/clients/pixel_dqm_sourceclient-live_cfg.py
index aee5a5157257c..c8539b1d8088e 100644
--- a/DQM/Integration/python/clients/pixel_dqm_sourceclient-live_cfg.py
+++ b/DQM/Integration/python/clients/pixel_dqm_sourceclient-live_cfg.py
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@
     process.InitialStepPreSplittingTask.remove(process.siPixelClusterShapeCache)
 
     # Redefinition of siPixelClusters: has to be after RecoTracker.IterativeTracking.InitialStepPreSplitting_cff 
-    process.load("RecoLocalTracker.SiPixelClusterizer.SiPixelClusterizer_cfi")
+    from RecoLocalTracker.SiPixelClusterizer.SiPixelClusterizer_cfi import siPixelClusters as _siPixelClusters
+    process.siPixelClusters = _siPixelClusters.clone()
 
     from RecoTracker.TkSeedingLayers.PixelLayerTriplets_cfi import *
     process.PixelLayerTriplets.BPix.HitProducer = cms.string('siPixelRecHitsPreSplitting')
diff --git a/DQM/Integration/python/clients/sistrip_approx_dqm_sourceclient-live_cfg.py b/DQM/Integration/python/clients/sistrip_approx_dqm_sourceclient-live_cfg.py
index 4a462e5c2602d..a9e26c4d01f2b 100644
--- a/DQM/Integration/python/clients/sistrip_approx_dqm_sourceclient-live_cfg.py
+++ b/DQM/Integration/python/clients/sistrip_approx_dqm_sourceclient-live_cfg.py
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@
     process.InitialStepPreSplittingTask.remove(process.MeasurementTrackerEvent)
 
     # Redefinition of siPixelClusters: has to be after RecoTracker.IterativeTracking.InitialStepPreSplitting_cff
-    process.load("RecoLocalTracker.SiPixelClusterizer.SiPixelClusterizer_cfi")
+    from RecoLocalTracker.SiPixelClusterizer.SiPixelClusterizer_cfi import siPixelClusters as _siPixelClusters
+    process.siPixelClusters = _siPixelClusters.clone()
 
     # Select events based on the pixel cluster multiplicity
     import  HLTrigger.special.hltPixelActivityFilter_cfi
diff --git a/DQM/Integration/python/clients/sistrip_dqm_sourceclient-live_cfg.py b/DQM/Integration/python/clients/sistrip_dqm_sourceclient-live_cfg.py
index 108e0d61e9db5..7c30ed948aac7 100644
--- a/DQM/Integration/python/clients/sistrip_dqm_sourceclient-live_cfg.py
+++ b/DQM/Integration/python/clients/sistrip_dqm_sourceclient-live_cfg.py
@@ -388,7 +388,8 @@
     process.InitialStepPreSplittingTask.remove(process.MeasurementTrackerEvent)
 
     # Redefinition of siPixelClusters: has to be after RecoTracker.IterativeTracking.InitialStepPreSplitting_cff
-    process.load("RecoLocalTracker.SiPixelClusterizer.SiPixelClusterizer_cfi")
+    from RecoLocalTracker.SiPixelClusterizer.SiPixelClusterizer_cfi import siPixelClusters as _siPixelClusters
+    process.siPixelClusters = _siPixelClusters.clone()
 
     from RecoTracker.TkSeedingLayers.PixelLayerTriplets_cfi import *
     process.PixelLayerTriplets.BPix.HitProducer = cms.string('siPixelRecHitsPreSplitting')
@@ -623,7 +624,8 @@
     process.InitialStepPreSplittingTask.remove(process.MeasurementTrackerEvent)
 
     # Redefinition of siPixelClusters: has to be after RecoTracker.IterativeTracking.InitialStepPreSplitting_cff
-    process.load("RecoLocalTracker.SiPixelClusterizer.SiPixelClusterizer_cfi")
+    from RecoLocalTracker.SiPixelClusterizer.SiPixelClusterizer_cfi import siPixelClusters as _siPixelClusters
+    process.siPixelClusters = _siPixelClusters.clone()
 
     # Select events based on the pixel cluster multiplicity
     import  HLTrigger.special.hltPixelActivityFilter_cfi