diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-provision/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/provision/oozie_app/workflow.xml b/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-provision/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/provision/oozie_app/workflow.xml
index 6c58d24664..15d3b63002 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-provision/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/provision/oozie_app/workflow.xml
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-provision/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/provision/oozie_app/workflow.xml
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@
             <name>shadowFormat</name>
             <description>metadata format name (DMF|TMF)</description>
         </property>
-        <property>
-            <name>publicFormat</name>
-            <description>the public metadata format - used to create the public collection alias</description>
-        </property>
         <property>
             <name>batchSize</name>
             <description>number of records to be included in each indexing request</description>