diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/orcidtoresultfromsemrel/SparkOrcidToResultFromSemRelJob.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/orcidtoresultfromsemrel/SparkOrcidToResultFromSemRelJob.java
index a38b4da2e..998f4719a 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/orcidtoresultfromsemrel/SparkOrcidToResultFromSemRelJob.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/orcidtoresultfromsemrel/SparkOrcidToResultFromSemRelJob.java
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.dhp.orcidtoresultfromsemrel;
 
 import static eu.dnetlib.dhp.PropagationConstant.*;
-import static eu.dnetlib.dhp.common.SparkSessionSupport.runWithSparkHiveSession;
+
+import static eu.dnetlib.dhp.common.SparkSessionSupport.runWithSparkSession;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -65,9 +66,9 @@ public class SparkOrcidToResultFromSemRelJob {
 		Class<? extends Result> resultClazz = (Class<? extends Result>) Class.forName(resultClassName);
 
 		SparkConf conf = new SparkConf();
-		conf.set("hive.metastore.uris", parser.get("hive_metastore_uris"));
 
-		runWithSparkHiveSession(
+
+		runWithSparkSession(
 			conf,
 			isSparkSessionManaged,
 			spark -> {
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/orcidtoresultfromsemrel/input_orcidtoresult_parameters.json b/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/orcidtoresultfromsemrel/input_orcidtoresult_parameters.json
index d8aa7eb9a..3cbaa23bb 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/orcidtoresultfromsemrel/input_orcidtoresult_parameters.json
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/orcidtoresultfromsemrel/input_orcidtoresult_parameters.json
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@
     "paramDescription": "true if the new version of the graph must be saved",
     "paramRequired": false
   },
-  {
-    "paramName":"h",
-    "paramLongName":"hive_metastore_uris",
-    "paramDescription": "the hive metastore uris",
-    "paramRequired": true
-  },
   {
     "paramName": "out",
     "paramLongName": "outputPath",
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/wf/subworkflows/orcidtoresultfromsemrel/oozie_app/workflow.xml b/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/wf/subworkflows/orcidtoresultfromsemrel/oozie_app/workflow.xml
index 8e945ee5a..483a805b1 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/wf/subworkflows/orcidtoresultfromsemrel/oozie_app/workflow.xml
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-enrichment/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/wf/subworkflows/orcidtoresultfromsemrel/oozie_app/workflow.xml
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@
             <arg>--sourcePath</arg><arg>${sourcePath}/publication</arg>
             <arg>--resultTableName</arg><arg>eu.dnetlib.dhp.schema.oaf.Publication</arg>
             <arg>--outputPath</arg><arg>${outputPath}/publication</arg>
-            <arg>--hive_metastore_uris</arg><arg>${hive_metastore_uris}</arg>
         </spark>
         <ok to="wait2"/>
         <error to="Kill"/>
@@ -296,7 +295,6 @@
             <arg>--sourcePath</arg><arg>${sourcePath}/dataset</arg>
             <arg>--resultTableName</arg><arg>eu.dnetlib.dhp.schema.oaf.Dataset</arg>
             <arg>--outputPath</arg><arg>${outputPath}/dataset</arg>
-            <arg>--hive_metastore_uris</arg><arg>${hive_metastore_uris}</arg>
         </spark>
         <ok to="wait2"/>
         <error to="Kill"/>
@@ -327,7 +325,6 @@
             <arg>--sourcePath</arg><arg>${sourcePath}/otherresearchproduct</arg>
             <arg>--resultTableName</arg><arg>eu.dnetlib.dhp.schema.oaf.OtherResearchProduct</arg>
             <arg>--outputPath</arg><arg>${outputPath}/otherresearchproduct</arg>
-            <arg>--hive_metastore_uris</arg><arg>${hive_metastore_uris}</arg>
         </spark>
         <ok to="wait2"/>
         <error to="Kill"/>
@@ -358,7 +355,6 @@
             <arg>--sourcePath</arg><arg>${sourcePath}/software</arg>
             <arg>--resultTableName</arg><arg>eu.dnetlib.dhp.schema.oaf.Software</arg>
             <arg>--outputPath</arg><arg>${outputPath}/software</arg>
-            <arg>--hive_metastore_uris</arg><arg>${hive_metastore_uris}</arg>
         </spark>
         <ok to="wait2"/>
         <error to="Kill"/>