diff --git a/PhysicsTools/NanoAOD/python/extraflags_cff.py b/PhysicsTools/NanoAOD/python/extraflags_cff.py
index 6d782122f8bec..877e8502df0b0 100644
--- a/PhysicsTools/NanoAOD/python/extraflags_cff.py
+++ b/PhysicsTools/NanoAOD/python/extraflags_cff.py
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
     )
 )
 
-extraFlagsProducers = cms.Sequence(badGlobalMuonTagger + cloneGlobalMuonTagger + BadPFMuonTagger + BadChargedCandidateTagger)
+extraFlagsProducers = cms.Sequence()
+#The following line shows an example how to recompute MET filter decisions on top of MINIAOD in case the filter has been updated/is missing. This should not be the default in general.
+#extraFlagsProducers = cms.Sequence(badGlobalMuonTagger + cloneGlobalMuonTagger + BadPFMuonTagger + BadChargedCandidateTagger)
 
 from RecoMET.METFilters.ecalBadCalibFilter_cfi import *
 ecalBadCalibFilterNanoTagger = ecalBadCalibFilter.clone(