diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/MvaTESEvaluator.cxx b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/MvaTESEvaluator.cxx
index 29278ad2da819305fb50ca98ac38e0a4e470f7fb..bec21ad6869af9e174c4e5f7ee2bf5966ca1b6b2 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/MvaTESEvaluator.cxx
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/MvaTESEvaluator.cxx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 //_____________________________________________________________________________
 MvaTESEvaluator::MvaTESEvaluator(const std::string& name)
   : TauRecToolBase(name) {
-  declareProperty("WeightFileName", m_sWeightFileName = "MvaTES_20170207_v2_BDTG.weights.root");
+  declareProperty("WeightFileName", m_sWeightFileName = "");
 }
 
 //_____________________________________________________________________________
diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauCalibrateLC.cxx b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauCalibrateLC.cxx
index f7854b2a3d67abb79167945385654a9fcf9f1fee..ad9a55c15b9cea9fff16cee48c17fe263d2394b6 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauCalibrateLC.cxx
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauCalibrateLC.cxx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 /********************************************************************/
 TauCalibrateLC::TauCalibrateLC(const std::string& name) :
   TauRecToolBase(name) {
-  declareProperty("calibrationFile", m_calibrationFile = "EnergyCalibrationLC2012.root");
+  declareProperty("calibrationFile", m_calibrationFile = "");
   declareProperty("doEnergyCorrection", m_doEnergyCorr = false);
   declareProperty("doPtResponse", m_doPtResponse = false);
   declareProperty("countOnlyPileupVertices", m_countOnlyPileupVertices = false);
diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauEleOLRDecorator.cxx b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauEleOLRDecorator.cxx
index 4c32a0b1dafc9ffd3f4653dc613e6c3c72e79519..8add49ef121c27474f47814ec9dd483c61fd1549 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauEleOLRDecorator.cxx
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauEleOLRDecorator.cxx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ TauEleOLRDecorator::TauEleOLRDecorator(const std::string& name):
   TauRecToolBase(name),
   m_tEMLHTool(nullptr),
   m_hCutValues(nullptr){
-  declareProperty("EleOLRFile", m_sEleOLRFilePath = "eveto_cutvals.root");
+  declareProperty("EleOLRFile", m_sEleOLRFilePath = "");
 }
 
 TauEleOLRDecorator::~TauEleOLRDecorator(){