diff --git a/DataFormats/simulation/include/SimulationDataFormat/MCCompLabel.h b/DataFormats/simulation/include/SimulationDataFormat/MCCompLabel.h
index b31e2e1cff3cd..90d5c1a7ba5a2 100644
--- a/DataFormats/simulation/include/SimulationDataFormat/MCCompLabel.h
+++ b/DataFormats/simulation/include/SimulationDataFormat/MCCompLabel.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class MCCompLabel
   // mask for all used fields
   static constexpr ULong64_t maskFull = (ul0x1 << (nbitsTrackID + nbitsEvID + nbitsSrcID)) - 1;
 
-  MCCompLabel(int trackID, int evID, int srcID, bool fake) { set(trackID, evID, srcID, fake); }
+  MCCompLabel(int trackID, int evID, int srcID, bool fake = false) { set(trackID, evID, srcID, fake); }
   MCCompLabel(bool noise = false)
   {
     if (noise) {
diff --git a/Detectors/TRD/base/include/TRDBase/MCLabel.h b/Detectors/TRD/base/include/TRDBase/MCLabel.h
index 07f698e0cc719..d0cc90f020a99 100644
--- a/Detectors/TRD/base/include/TRDBase/MCLabel.h
+++ b/Detectors/TRD/base/include/TRDBase/MCLabel.h
@@ -19,17 +19,7 @@ namespace o2
 {
 namespace trd
 {
-
-class MCLabel : public o2::MCCompLabel
-{
- public:
-  MCLabel() = default;
-  MCLabel(int trackID, int eventID, int srcID)
-    : o2::MCCompLabel(trackID, eventID, srcID, false) {}
-
-  ClassDefNV(MCLabel, 1);
-};
-
+using MCLabel = o2::MCCompLabel;
 } // namespace trd
 } // namespace o2
 
diff --git a/Detectors/TRD/base/src/TRDBaseLinkDef.h b/Detectors/TRD/base/src/TRDBaseLinkDef.h
index cd95dfb3eaacb..4ed7262d8f185 100644
--- a/Detectors/TRD/base/src/TRDBaseLinkDef.h
+++ b/Detectors/TRD/base/src/TRDBaseLinkDef.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #pragma link C++ class o2::trd::CalDet + ;
 #pragma link C++ class o2::trd::CalROC + ;
 #pragma link C++ class o2::trd::PadResponse + ;
-#pragma link C++ class o2::trd::MCLabel + ;
 #pragma link C++ class o2::trd::PadParameters < unsigned short > +;
 #pragma link C++ class o2::trd::PadParameters < float > +;
 #pragma link C++ class o2::trd::PadParameters < char > +;
@@ -46,6 +45,4 @@
 
 #include "SimulationDataFormat/MCTruthContainer.h"
 
-#pragma link C++ class o2::dataformats::MCTruthContainer < o2::trd::MCLabel> + ;
-
 #endif
diff --git a/macro/analyzeDigitLabels.C b/macro/analyzeDigitLabels.C
index c18e5835c26c9..ef7cf32519a4d 100644
--- a/macro/analyzeDigitLabels.C
+++ b/macro/analyzeDigitLabels.C
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ void analyzeTOF(TTree* reftree)
 void analyzeTRD(TTree* reftree)
 {
   LabelStats result;
-  analyse<o2::trd::MCLabel>(reftree, "TRDMCLabels", result);
+  analyse<o2::MCCompLabel>(reftree, "TRDMCLabels", result);
   std::cout << gPrefix << " TRD ";
   result.print();
 }