diff --git a/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/plugins/LSNumberFilter.cc b/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/plugins/LSNumberFilter.cc
index ad3352f526dc3..e13de5c930ad7 100644
--- a/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/plugins/LSNumberFilter.cc
+++ b/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/plugins/LSNumberFilter.cc
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/stream/EDFilter.h"
 #include "FWCore/Framework/interface/Event.h"
-#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/Run.h"
-#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/MakerMacros.h"
 #include "FWCore/Framework/interface/EventSetup.h"
+#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/MakerMacros.h"
+#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/Run.h"
+#include "FWCore/Framework/interface/stream/EDFilter.h"
 #include "FWCore/MessageLogger/interface/MessageLogger.h"
 #include "FWCore/ParameterSet/interface/ParameterSet.h"
 #include "HLTrigger/HLTcore/interface/HLTConfigProvider.h"
-#include <iostream>
 
 //
 // class declaration
@@ -15,22 +14,30 @@
 class LSNumberFilter : public edm::stream::EDFilter<> {
 public:
   explicit LSNumberFilter(const edm::ParameterSet&);
-  ~LSNumberFilter() override;
+  ~LSNumberFilter() override = default;
+
+  static void fillDescriptions(edm::ConfigurationDescriptions& descriptions);
 
 private:
   void beginRun(edm::Run const&, edm::EventSetup const&) override;
   bool filter(edm::Event&, const edm::EventSetup&) override;
-  bool is_HLT_vetoed;
-  unsigned int minLS;
-  const std::vector<std::string> veto_HLT_Menu;
+  bool is_HLT_vetoed_;
+  const unsigned int minLS_;
+  const std::vector<std::string> veto_HLT_Menu_;
   HLTConfigProvider hltConfig_;
 };
 
-LSNumberFilter::LSNumberFilter(const edm::ParameterSet& iConfig)
-    : minLS(iConfig.getUntrackedParameter<unsigned>("minLS", 21)),
-      veto_HLT_Menu(iConfig.getUntrackedParameter<std::vector<std::string>>("veto_HLT_Menu")) {}
+void LSNumberFilter::fillDescriptions(edm::ConfigurationDescriptions& descriptions) {
+  edm::ParameterSetDescription desc;
+  desc.setComment("Filters the first minLS lumisections and reject the run according to the HLT menu name");
+  desc.addUntracked<unsigned int>("minLS", 21)->setComment("first LS to accept");
+  desc.addUntracked<std::vector<std::string>>("veto_HLT_Menu", {})->setComment("list of HLT menus to reject");
+  descriptions.addWithDefaultLabel(desc);
+}
 
-LSNumberFilter::~LSNumberFilter() {}
+LSNumberFilter::LSNumberFilter(const edm::ParameterSet& iConfig)
+    : minLS_(iConfig.getUntrackedParameter<unsigned>("minLS", 21)),
+      veto_HLT_Menu_(iConfig.getUntrackedParameter<std::vector<std::string>>("veto_HLT_Menu")) {}
 
 //
 // member functions
@@ -38,21 +45,22 @@ LSNumberFilter::~LSNumberFilter() {}
 
 // ------------ method called on each new Event  ------------
 bool LSNumberFilter::filter(edm::Event& iEvent, const edm::EventSetup& iSetup) {
-  if ((iEvent.luminosityBlock() < minLS) || is_HLT_vetoed)
+  if ((iEvent.luminosityBlock() < minLS_) || is_HLT_vetoed_) {
     return false;
+  }
 
   return true;
 }
 
 void LSNumberFilter::beginRun(edm::Run const& iRun, edm::EventSetup const& iSetup) {
-  bool changed(false);
+  bool changed{false};
   hltConfig_.init(iRun, iSetup, "HLT", changed);
-  is_HLT_vetoed = false;
-  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < veto_HLT_Menu.size(); i++) {
-    std::size_t found = hltConfig_.tableName().find(veto_HLT_Menu[i]);
+  is_HLT_vetoed_ = false;
+  for (const auto& veto : veto_HLT_Menu_) {
+    std::size_t found = hltConfig_.tableName().find(veto);
     if (found != std::string::npos) {
-      is_HLT_vetoed = true;
-      edm::LogWarning("LSNumberFilter") << "Detected " << veto_HLT_Menu[i]
+      is_HLT_vetoed_ = true;
+      edm::LogWarning("LSNumberFilter") << "Detected " << veto
                                         << " in HLT Config tableName(): " << hltConfig_.tableName()
                                         << "; Events of this run will be ignored" << std::endl;
       break;
diff --git a/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/ALCARECOPromptCalibProdSiPixelAli0T_cff.py b/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/ALCARECOPromptCalibProdSiPixelAli0T_cff.py
index 8e4c6a0694880..3efc11e01e7fa 100644
--- a/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/ALCARECOPromptCalibProdSiPixelAli0T_cff.py
+++ b/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/ALCARECOPromptCalibProdSiPixelAli0T_cff.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 
 
 seqALCARECOPromptCalibProdSiPixelAli = cms.Sequence(ALCARECOTkAlMinBiasFilterForSiPixelAli*
-                                                    lsNumberFilter*
+                                                    LSNumberFilter*
                                                     offlineBeamSpot*
                                                     SiPixelAliHighPuritySelector*
                                                     SiPixelAliTrackRefitter0*
diff --git a/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/ALCARECOPromptCalibProdSiPixelAliHGDiMuon_cff.py b/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/ALCARECOPromptCalibProdSiPixelAliHGDiMuon_cff.py
index 7cc13a08481c8..9fae5a852ed78 100644
--- a/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/ALCARECOPromptCalibProdSiPixelAliHGDiMuon_cff.py
+++ b/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/ALCARECOPromptCalibProdSiPixelAliHGDiMuon_cff.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
                                                          fileBlobLabel = cms.string(''))
 
 seqALCARECOPromptCalibProdSiPixelAliHGDiMu = cms.Sequence(ALCARECOTkAlZMuMuFilterForSiPixelAli*
-                                                          lsNumberFilter*
+                                                          LSNumberFilter*
                                                           offlineBeamSpot*
                                                           SiPixelAliHighPuritySelectorHGDimuon*
                                                           SiPixelAliTrackRefitterHGDimuon0*
diff --git a/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/ALCARECOPromptCalibProdSiPixelAliHG_cff.py b/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/ALCARECOPromptCalibProdSiPixelAliHG_cff.py
index 2c47ea7b6da76..a550d30cb3b84 100644
--- a/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/ALCARECOPromptCalibProdSiPixelAliHG_cff.py
+++ b/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/ALCARECOPromptCalibProdSiPixelAliHG_cff.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
                                                     fileBlobLabel = cms.string(''))
 
 seqALCARECOPromptCalibProdSiPixelAliHG = cms.Sequence(ALCARECOTkAlMinBiasFilterForSiPixelAliHG*
-                                                      lsNumberFilter*
+                                                      LSNumberFilter*
                                                       offlineBeamSpot*
                                                       SiPixelAliHighPuritySelectorHG*
                                                       SiPixelAliTrackRefitterHG0*
diff --git a/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/ALCARECOPromptCalibProdSiPixelAli_cff.py b/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/ALCARECOPromptCalibProdSiPixelAli_cff.py
index e9aa2c08d81b9..366910788be41 100644
--- a/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/ALCARECOPromptCalibProdSiPixelAli_cff.py
+++ b/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/ALCARECOPromptCalibProdSiPixelAli_cff.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 
 
 seqALCARECOPromptCalibProdSiPixelAli = cms.Sequence(ALCARECOTkAlMinBiasFilterForSiPixelAli*
-                                                    lsNumberFilter*
+                                                    LSNumberFilter*
                                                     offlineBeamSpot*
                                                     SiPixelAliHighPuritySelector*
                                                     SiPixelAliTrackRefitter0*
diff --git a/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/LSNumberFilter_cfi.py b/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/LSNumberFilter_cfi.py
index 8f0e4a5b696ff..6a57305771cb1 100644
--- a/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/LSNumberFilter_cfi.py
+++ b/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/LSNumberFilter_cfi.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import FWCore.ParameterSet.Config as cms
 
-lsNumberFilter = cms.EDFilter("LSNumberFilter",
-                              minLS = cms.untracked.uint32(21),
-                              veto_HLT_Menu = cms.untracked.vstring("LumiScan")
-                              )
+from Alignment.CommonAlignmentProducer.lsNumberFilter_cfi import lsNumberFilter
+LSNumberFilter = lsNumberFilter.clone(minLS = 21,
+                                      veto_HLT_Menu = ["LumiScan"])
diff --git a/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/customizeLSNumberFilterForRelVals.py b/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/customizeLSNumberFilterForRelVals.py
index 32bbbb6340325..fe0186ff1982a 100644
--- a/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/customizeLSNumberFilterForRelVals.py
+++ b/Alignment/CommonAlignmentProducer/python/customizeLSNumberFilterForRelVals.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 ##
 
 def doNotFilterLS(process):
-    if hasattr(process,'lsNumberFilter'):
-        process.lsNumberFilter.minLS = 1
+    if hasattr(process,'LSNumberFilter'):
+        process.LSNumberFilter.minLS = 1
     return process
 
 ##