diff --git a/fcl/reco/Stage0/data/stage0_daqPMT_drop.fcl b/fcl/reco/Stage0/data/stage0_daqPMT_drop.fcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..844c9871b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fcl/reco/Stage0/data/stage0_daqPMT_drop.fcl
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+###
+## This fhicl file is used to drop daqPMT from the stage0 file
+##
+
+process_name: daqPMTdrop
+
+outputs: {
+   out1: {
+      compressionLevel: 1
+      dataTier: "reconstructed"
+      fileName: "%ifb_%p.root"
+      module_type: "RootOutput"
+      outputCommands: [
+         "keep *_*_*_*",
+         "drop *_daqPMT_*_*"
+      ]
+      saveMemoryObjectThreshold: 0
+   }
+}
+
+physics: {
+   stream1: [ out1 ]
+   end_paths: [ stream1 ]
+}
diff --git a/fcl/reco/Stage0/data/stage0_run2_icarus.fcl b/fcl/reco/Stage0/data/stage0_run2_icarus.fcl
index 310989d10..bf5b6dbea 100644
--- a/fcl/reco/Stage0/data/stage0_run2_icarus.fcl
+++ b/fcl/reco/Stage0/data/stage0_run2_icarus.fcl
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ outputs.rootOutput.outputCommands: [
     "drop artdaq::Fragments_*_*_ICARUSReprocessRaw",
     "drop *_*_*_DAQ*",
     "drop *_ophituncorrected_*_*",
-    "drop *_daqPMT_*_*",
     "drop *_daqPMTonbeam_*_*",
     "drop *_daqCRT_*_*",
     "drop *_daqTPCROI_*_*", 
diff --git a/fcl/reco/Stage0/data/stage0_run2_wc_icarus.fcl b/fcl/reco/Stage0/data/stage0_run2_wc_icarus.fcl
index b71ca6afb..e52af57c9 100644
--- a/fcl/reco/Stage0/data/stage0_run2_wc_icarus.fcl
+++ b/fcl/reco/Stage0/data/stage0_run2_wc_icarus.fcl
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ outputs.rootOutput.outputCommands: [
     "drop artdaq::Fragments_*_*_ICARUSReprocessRaw",
     "drop *_*_*_DAQ*",
     "drop *_ophituncorrected_*_*",
-    "drop *_daqPMT_*_*",
     "drop *_daqPMTonbeam_*_*",
     "drop *_daqCRT_*_*",
     "drop *_daqTPCROI_*_*",