diff --git a/harvesters/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/kernel/harvest/harvester/geonet/Aligner.java b/harvesters/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/kernel/harvest/harvester/geonet/Aligner.java
index f07e05055aa..4f6418d5ddf 100644
--- a/harvesters/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/kernel/harvest/harvester/geonet/Aligner.java
+++ b/harvesters/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/kernel/harvest/harvester/geonet/Aligner.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //=============================================================================
-//===    Copyright (C) 2001-2023 Food and Agriculture Organization of the
+//===    Copyright (C) 2001-2024 Food and Agriculture Organization of the
 //===    United Nations (FAO-UN), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
 //===    and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
 //===
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ public HarvestResult align(SortedSet<RecordInfo> records, List<HarvestError> err
                                     params.useChangeDateForUpdate(),
                                     localUuids.getChangeDate(ri.uuid), true);
                                 log.info("Overriding record with uuid " + ri.uuid);
-                                result.updatedMetadata++;
 
                                 if (params.isIfRecordExistAppendPrivileges()) {
                                     addPrivileges(id, params.getPrivileges(), localGroups, context);