diff --git a/parser/parser-quantum-espresso/QuantumEspressoXC.py b/parser/parser-quantum-espresso/QuantumEspressoXC.py
index 9558c601bda69fbb1071fcc9b12d52dc4b9fdff6..edee80956555da2a1d89c45695bfeab0aa299464 100644
--- a/parser/parser-quantum-espresso/QuantumEspressoXC.py
+++ b/parser/parser-quantum-espresso/QuantumEspressoXC.py
@@ -859,6 +859,9 @@ CORRELATION_GRADIENT_CORRECTION = [
         'xc_terms': [{
             'XC_functional_name': "MGGA_C_TPSS",
         }],
+        'xc_terms_subtract': [{
+            'XC_functional_name': 'LDA_C_PW',
+        }],
         'xc_section_method': {
             'x_qe_xc_igcc_name':    "tpss",
             'x_qe_xc_igcc_comment': "TPSS Meta-GGA (Espresso-version < 5.1)",
diff --git a/test/xc_functionals/refactor_test/testuite-xc.ref.log b/test/xc_functionals/refactor_test/testuite-xc.ref.log
index 26110909f872c03b8ce2604f1b93e535e4a713d9..dc1da2d33eecbc80b1ab52f711af653b26d16f8c 100644
--- a/test/xc_functionals/refactor_test/testuite-xc.ref.log
+++ b/test/xc_functionals/refactor_test/testuite-xc.ref.log
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ qe_xc: 0.00 SLA  PW   TPSS TPSS ( 1 4 7 6 0)
   "x_qe_xc_igcx_name": "tpss"
 }
 [
-  {
-    "XC_functional_name": "LDA_C_PW"
-  },
   {
     "XC_functional_name": "MGGA_C_TPSS"
   },
@@ -851,9 +848,6 @@ qe_xc: 0.00 SLA  PW   TPSS TPSS (1476)
   "x_qe_xc_igcx_name": "tpss"
 }
 [
-  {
-    "XC_functional_name": "LDA_C_PW"
-  },
   {
     "XC_functional_name": "MGGA_C_TPSS"
   },