diff --git a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/tag/db/tag_db.py b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/tag/db/tag_db.py
index b35a265b697..3d93366bb77 100644
--- a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/tag/db/tag_db.py
+++ b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/tag/db/tag_db.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 CLOCK_START_VALUE = 0
 
 # we picked `-1` as a value because it is allows manually created tags get a higher priority
-CLOCK_FOR_AUTOGENERATED_TAGS = CLOCK_START_VALUE - 1
 PUBLIC_KEY_FOR_AUTO_GENERATED_TAGS = b'auto_generated'
 
 SHOW_THRESHOLD = 1
diff --git a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/tag/db/tests/test_tag_db.py b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/tag/db/tests/test_tag_db.py
index 87242a04b27..73315ff3fff 100644
--- a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/tag/db/tests/test_tag_db.py
+++ b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/tag/db/tests/test_tag_db.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=protected-access
 from tribler_core.components.tag.community.tag_payload import TagOperation, TagOperationEnum
 from tribler_core.components.tag.db.tag_db import (
-    CLOCK_FOR_AUTOGENERATED_TAGS,
+    CLOCK_START_VALUE,
     PUBLIC_KEY_FOR_AUTO_GENERATED_TAGS,
     SHOW_THRESHOLD,
     TagDatabase,
@@ -193,14 +193,13 @@ async def test_add_auto_generated_operation(self):
             operation=TagOperation(
                 infohash=b'infohash',
                 operation=TagOperationEnum.ADD,
-                clock=CLOCK_FOR_AUTOGENERATED_TAGS,
+                clock=CLOCK_START_VALUE,
                 creator_public_key=PUBLIC_KEY_FOR_AUTO_GENERATED_TAGS,
                 tag='tag'
             )
         )
 
         assert self.db.instance.TorrentTagOp.get().auto_generated
-        assert self.db.instance.TorrentTagOp.get().clock == CLOCK_FOR_AUTOGENERATED_TAGS
         assert self.db.instance.TorrentTag.get().added_count == SHOW_THRESHOLD
         assert self.db.instance.Peer.get().public_key == PUBLIC_KEY_FOR_AUTO_GENERATED_TAGS
 
diff --git a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/tag/rules/tag_rules.py b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/tag/rules/tag_rules.py
index 1fe007cd463..76b1411e77c 100644
--- a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/tag/rules/tag_rules.py
+++ b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/tag/rules/tag_rules.py
@@ -59,5 +59,7 @@ def extract_tags(text: str, rules: Optional[RulesList] = None) -> Iterable[str]:
 
 
 def extract_only_valid_tags(text: str, rules: Optional[RulesList] = None) -> Iterable[str]:
-    extracted_tags_gen = (t.lower() for t in extract_tags(text, rules))
-    yield from (t for t in extracted_tags_gen if is_valid_tag(t))
+    for tag in extract_tags(text, rules):
+        tag = tag.lower()
+        if is_valid_tag(tag):
+            yield tag
diff --git a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/tag/rules/tag_rules_processor.py b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/tag/rules/tag_rules_processor.py
index 13085e67877..ce43a09ba03 100644
--- a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/tag/rules/tag_rules_processor.py
+++ b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/tag/rules/tag_rules_processor.py
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
 from tribler_core.components.metadata_store.db.serialization import REGULAR_TORRENT
 from tribler_core.components.tag.community.tag_payload import TagOperation, TagOperationEnum
 from tribler_core.components.tag.db.tag_db import (
-    CLOCK_FOR_AUTOGENERATED_TAGS,
-    PUBLIC_KEY_FOR_AUTO_GENERATED_TAGS,
+    CLOCK_START_VALUE, PUBLIC_KEY_FOR_AUTO_GENERATED_TAGS,
     TagDatabase,
 )
 from tribler_core.components.tag.rules.tag_rules import extract_only_valid_tags
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ def save_tags(self, infohash: bytes, tags: Set[str]):
             operation = TagOperation(
                 infohash=infohash,
                 operation=TagOperationEnum.ADD,
-                clock=CLOCK_FOR_AUTOGENERATED_TAGS,
+                clock=CLOCK_START_VALUE,
                 creator_public_key=PUBLIC_KEY_FOR_AUTO_GENERATED_TAGS,
                 tag=tag
             )
diff --git a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/tag/rules/tests/test_tag_rules_processor.py b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/tag/rules/tests/test_tag_rules_processor.py
index d1580381a43..ab3402d9f3c 100644
--- a/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/tag/rules/tests/test_tag_rules_processor.py
+++ b/src/tribler-core/tribler_core/components/tag/rules/tests/test_tag_rules_processor.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 
 from tribler_core.components.metadata_store.db.orm_bindings.torrent_metadata import NEW_TORRENT_METADATA_CREATED
 from tribler_core.components.tag.community.tag_payload import TagOperation, TagOperationEnum
-from tribler_core.components.tag.db.tag_db import CLOCK_FOR_AUTOGENERATED_TAGS, PUBLIC_KEY_FOR_AUTO_GENERATED_TAGS
+from tribler_core.components.tag.db.tag_db import CLOCK_START_VALUE, \
+    PUBLIC_KEY_FOR_AUTO_GENERATED_TAGS
 from tribler_core.components.tag.rules.tag_rules_processor import LAST_PROCESSED_TORRENT_ID, TagRulesProcessor
 
 TEST_BATCH_SIZE = 100
@@ -44,11 +45,11 @@ def test_process_torrent_file(mocked_save_tags: Mock, tag_rules_processor: TagRu
 def test_save_tags(tag_rules_processor: TagRulesProcessor):
     # test that tag_rules_processor calls TagDatabase with correct args
     expected_calls = [{'operation': TagOperation(infohash=b'infohash', operation=TagOperationEnum.ADD,
-                                                 clock=CLOCK_FOR_AUTOGENERATED_TAGS,
+                                                 clock=CLOCK_START_VALUE,
                                                  creator_public_key=PUBLIC_KEY_FOR_AUTO_GENERATED_TAGS,
                                                  tag='tag1')},
                       {'operation': TagOperation(infohash=b'infohash', operation=TagOperationEnum.ADD,
-                                                 clock=CLOCK_FOR_AUTOGENERATED_TAGS,
+                                                 clock=CLOCK_START_VALUE,
                                                  creator_public_key=PUBLIC_KEY_FOR_AUTO_GENERATED_TAGS,
                                                  tag='tag2')}]