diff --git a/lstchain/calib/camera/flatfield.py b/lstchain/calib/camera/flatfield.py
index c8be8fe4d1..83d3cbe433 100644
--- a/lstchain/calib/camera/flatfield.py
+++ b/lstchain/calib/camera/flatfield.py
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ class FlasherFlatFieldCalculator(FlatFieldCalculator):
         help='Interval of accepted charge values (fraction with respect to camera median value)'
     ).tag(config=True)
     charge_std_cut_outliers = List(
-        [-3, 3],
-        help='Interval (number of std) of accepted charge standard deviation around camera median value'
+        [1/3, 3],
+        help='Interval (fraction with respect to camera median value) of accepted charge standard deviation'
     ).tag(config=True)
     time_cut_outliers = List(
         [0, 60], help="Interval (in waveform samples) of accepted time values"
@@ -343,9 +343,6 @@ def calculate_relative_gain_results(
         # median of the std over the camera
         median_of_pixel_std = np.ma.median(pixel_std, axis=1)
 
-        # std of the std over camera
-        std_of_pixel_std = np.ma.std(pixel_std, axis=1)
-
         # relative gain
         relative_gain_event = masked_trace_integral / event_median[:, :, np.newaxis]
 
diff --git a/lstchain/calib/camera/pedestals.py b/lstchain/calib/camera/pedestals.py
index 68e0ae27d9..4068f9243c 100644
--- a/lstchain/calib/camera/pedestals.py
+++ b/lstchain/calib/camera/pedestals.py
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ class PedestalIntegrator(PedestalCalculator):
 
      """
     charge_median_cut_outliers = List(
-        [-3, 3],
+        [-4, 4],
         help='Interval (number of std) of accepted charge values around camera median value'
     ).tag(config=True)
 
     charge_std_cut_outliers = List(
-        [-3, 3],
-        help='Interval (number of std) of accepted charge standard deviation around camera median value'
+        [1/3, 3],
+        help='Interval (factor of median over pixels of std over events) of accepted charge standard deviation',
     ).tag(config=True)
 
     time_sampling_correction_path = Path(