diff --git a/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenuXML/cmt/requirements b/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenuXML/cmt/requirements
deleted file mode 100755
index bec16d44c691b6f2abc4dd5d965406474a11d3f2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenuXML/cmt/requirements
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-package TriggerMenuXML
-# This package is used to create the trigger menu xml files during the release build.
-# The menus are defined below via 'build_menu'. Different menus can be defined for 
-# different projects. Usage:
-#
-# cmt make                         : Build all menus defined for current project 
-# cmt make build_menu_<menu>       : Build only MENU (e.g. <menu>=Physics_pp_v4)
-# cmt -tag_add=<target>_menus make : Only build menus for target project (e.g. <target>=p1hlt or prod)
-#
-
-use AtlasPolicy               AtlasPolicy-*
-
-private 
-# The 'use' statements to enforce the build order are obsolete now (see Savannah #93077)
-
-# Pattern to run athena for a given trigger menu and target release
-# Usage: [apply_pattern] build_menu target=ABC menu=XYZ
-#
-pattern build_menu \
-   action build_menu_<menu> "../scripts/XMLDumperFromAthena.sh <menu> ../data" ; \
-   macro_append build_<target>_menus " build_menu_<menu>" ; \
-   macro build_menu_<menu>_dependencies " install_joboptions "
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# P1HLT menus
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Physics
-build_menu target=p1hlt menu="Physics_pp_v6"
-build_menu target=p1hlt menu="Physics_pp_v6_tight_physics_prescale"
-build_menu target=p1hlt menu="MC_pp_v6"
-build_menu target=p1hlt menu="MC_pp_v6_tight_mc_prescale"
-build_menu target=p1hlt menu="MC_pp_v6_tightperf_mc_prescale"
-build_menu target=p1hlt menu="Physics_pp_v7"
-build_menu target=p1hlt menu="MC_pp_v7"
-build_menu target=p1hlt menu="Physics_HI_v3"
-build_menu target=p1hlt menu="MC_HI_v3"
-build_menu target=p1hlt menu="MC_HI_v3_tight_mc_prescale"
-# Heavy Ion 2015
-build_menu target=p1hlt menu="Physics_HI_v3"
-build_menu target=p1hlt menu="Physics_HI_v4"
-build_menu target=p1hlt menu="MC_HI_v4"
-build_menu target=p1hlt menu="MC_HI_v4_tight_mc_prescale"
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Offline (AtlasProduction) menus
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Physics
-build_menu target=prod menu="Physics_pp_v7"
-build_menu target=prod menu="MC_pp_v7"
-build_menu target=prod menu="Physics_pp_v6"
-build_menu target=prod menu="Physics_pp_v6_tight_physics_prescale"
-build_menu target=prod menu="MC_pp_v6"
-build_menu target=prod menu="MC_pp_v6_loose_mc_prescale"
-build_menu target=prod menu="MC_pp_v6_tight_mc_prescale"
-build_menu target=prod menu="MC_pp_v6_tightperf_mc_prescale"
-build_menu target=prod menu="Physics_HI_v3"
-build_menu target=prod menu="MC_HI_v3"
-build_menu target=prod menu="MC_HI_v3_tight_mc_prescale"
-build_menu target=prod menu="Physics_HI_v4"
-build_menu target=prod menu="MC_HI_v4"
-build_menu target=prod menu="MC_HI_v4_tight_mc_prescale"
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-apply_pattern declare_joboptions files="*.py"
-apply_pattern declare_xmls
-#apply_pattern declare_runtime files="../data/TriggerMenuSQLiteFile*.sqlite"
-
-# Build set of menus depending on release we are in
-# The _scripts tags are CMT-internal tags that can be used to determine the project
-tag AtlasP1HLT_scripts   p1hlt_menus 
-tag AtlasCAFHLT_scripts  p1hlt_menus 
-tag AtlasTestHLT_scripts p1hlt_menus 
-
-# Build menus before installing XML files
-macro_prepend check_install_xmls_dependencies "$(build_prod_menus) " \
-      prod_menus    "$(build_prod_menus) " \
-      p1hlt_menus   "$(build_p1hlt_menus) "
-
-# Install the menu creation script for interactive menu generation
-apply_pattern declare_scripts \
-              files="-s=../scripts CreateTriggerMenuXML.sh"
diff --git a/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenuXML/scripts/XMLDumperFromAthena.sh b/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenuXML/scripts/XMLDumperFromAthena.sh
index ab2abe193511efe715e1baea68736498f9b7958d..3bcf1e80caee1bb39bb67d3c9752d561b58506c4 100755
--- a/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenuXML/scripts/XMLDumperFromAthena.sh
+++ b/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenuXML/scripts/XMLDumperFromAthena.sh
@@ -17,36 +17,10 @@ fi
 dest=`cd $dest; pwd`
 
 jo=TriggerMenuXML/runHLT_forXMLgeneration.py
-sqliteFile=TriggerMenuSQLiteFile.sqlite
-uploadLog=TriggerMenuUpload.log
-doDBUpload="false"
+release=${AtlasVersion}
 
-if [[ "$NICOS_ATLAS_RELEASE" != "" ]]; then
-    if [[ "$NICOS_ATLAS_ALT_RELEASE" != "None" ]]; then   # MIG nightlies
-        release=$NICOS_ATLAS_ALT_RELEASE
-    else
-        release=$NICOS_ATLAS_RELEASE
-    fi
-    if [[ "$AtlasProject" != "AtlasP1HLT" && "$AtlasProject" != "AtlasCAFHLT" && "$AtlasProject" != "AtlasTestHLT" ]]; then
-        #doDBUpload="true"     # Temporarily disabled due to sqlite slowness (Savannah #102038)
-        # we upload the default menu
-	    menuForUpload=`python -c "from TriggerJobOpts import TriggerFlags;print TriggerFlags.triggerMenuSetup().get_Value()" | tail -1`
-    fi
-else
-    release=`python -c "from TriggerJobOpts import TriggerFlags; print(TriggerFlags.menuVersion().get_Value())" | tail -1`
-fi
-
-if [[ -e MenusKeys.txt ]]; then
-    echo "XMLDumperFromAthena: Removing old MenusKeys.txt "
-    rm -f MenusKeys.txt
-fi
-
-# Setup TriggerTool
-if [ ${doDBUpload} = "true" ]; then
-    source /afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/Java/bin/setup.sh
-    get_files -data -remove -symlink TriggerTool.jar
-    export _JAVA_OPTIONS="-Xms256m -Xmx1048m"
-fi
+# The following would be better but doesn't seem to work (yet) in git builds
+#release=`python -c "from TriggerJobOpts import TriggerFlags; print(TriggerFlags.menuVersion().get_Value())" | tail -1`
 
 # Temporary run directroy and cleanup traps in case of termination
 rundir=`mktemp -t -d tmxml.${menu}.XXXXXXXXXX`
@@ -60,11 +34,6 @@ TRAPTERM() {
 }
 
 ## menu generation starts here
-if [ -n "${AtlasTrigger_PLATFORM}" ]; then   # CMAKE
-    platform=${AtlasTrigger_PLATFORM}
-else  # CMT
-    platform=${CMTCONFIG}
-fi
 echo "XMLDumperFromAthena: Building menu: ${menu} for ${release}"
 logfiletopo=topo${menu}.log
 logfile=${menu}.log
@@ -90,28 +59,6 @@ else
     echo "XMLDumperFromAthena: $menu FAILED | Exit code: $athena_exit | Log: $dest/$logfile"
 fi
 
-
-#upload default menu into to the SQLite file
-#doDBUpload is True if we are in NICOS and not in the P1HLT cache
-if [[ ( ${doDBUpload} = "true" ) && ( ${menu} = ${menuForUpload} ) && ( -s outputHLTconfig.xml ) ]]; then
-    echo "XMLDumperFromAthena: Uploading the xml files to the DB"
-    rm -f $sqliteFile
-    cmd=(java -jar TriggerTool.jar -up -release $release -l1_menu outputLVL1config.xml -hlt_menu outputHLTconfig.xml -name $menu -offlineconfig -dbConn "sqlite_file:$sqliteFile" --outputLevel FINER --output $uploadLog)
-    echo "XMLDumperFromAthena: Upload command: java $cmd"
-    ${cmd}
-    cp $uploadLog $dest/TriggerMenuUpload.log
-    echo "Copying sqlite file $sqliteFile to $dest/TriggerMenuSQLiteFile_${release}.sqlite"
-    chmod 777 $sqliteFile
-    cp $sqliteFile ${dest}/TriggerMenuSQLiteFile_${release}.sqlite
-    
-    if [[ -e MenusKeys.txt ]]; then
-        echo "Copying MenuKeys.txt to ${dest}/MenusKeys_${release}.txt"
-        cp MenusKeys.txt ${dest}/MenusKeys_${release}.txt
-    else
-        echo "Error : MenuKeys.txt does not exist, likely a DB upload problem "
-    fi
-fi
-
 if [[ -e outputLVL1config.xml ]]; then
     cp outputLVL1config.xml ${dest}/LVL1config_${menu}_${release}.xml
     cp outputHLTconfig.xml ${dest}/HLTconfig_${menu}_${release}.xml