diff --git a/meta_info/nomad_meta_info/public.nomadmetainfo.json b/meta_info/nomad_meta_info/public.nomadmetainfo.json
index 7a575b14f99eb381eb03441419740ed6a24ad891..82118d8f9396ff504a8d678c7b61757b574be378 100644
--- a/meta_info/nomad_meta_info/public.nomadmetainfo.json
+++ b/meta_info/nomad_meta_info/public.nomadmetainfo.json
@@ -964,7 +964,6 @@
       ],
       "units": "J"
     }, {
-      "derived": true,
       "description": "Total electrostatic energy (nuclei + electrons) during each self-consistent field (SCF) iteration.",
       "dtypeStr": "f",
       "name": "energy_electrostatic_scf_iteration",