Persistent otiose key-signature and clef

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Hello Dorico users, I’m working with a score imported from sib via MusicXml. At the end of one section, the bongos part shows a treble clef and key-signature. Both are unnecessary, since the part is in percussion clef. But I cannot remove it or hide it. This is what it looks like (here selected, orange):

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The only way I can remove it is by removing the barline. Then the two bars become one bar of 8/4, without key-signature. Like this.
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But if I try and split the 8/4 bar into two bars of 4/4, then the unnecessary clef and key sig reappear in the bongo part. I should also note that, at the beginning of the piece, this Percussion Player plays glockenspiel, which does have a key sig. Any ideas what is going on here? Thanks.

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Maybe a smarter person than I can decipher the issue, but I can’t tell without seeing the project file.

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Could it be that there’s an errant something or other in the glockenspiel stave that’s forcing an instrument change?

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Thanks, Leo. Yes there was an errant something or other. In fact, there was a bongo player playing simultaneously as the glockenspiel player, so Dorico couldn’t decide what kind of clef to insert.

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