diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConf2COOLOnline/CMakeLists.txt b/HLT/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConf2COOLOnline/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index dad6c4d4a5c7760b3750e2852945691768f1f827..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConf2COOLOnline/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-# Package: TrigConf2COOLOnline
-################################################################################
-
-# Declare the package name:
-atlas_subdir( TrigConf2COOLOnline )
-
-# External dependencies:
-find_package( Boost COMPONENTS program_options )
-find_package( COOL COMPONENTS CoolKernel CoolApplication )
-find_package( tdaq COMPONENTS daq-core-dal daq-hlt-dal 
-              rc_CmdLine rc_ItemCtrl rc_OnlSvc rc_RCCommands omniORB4 omnithread owl is ipc config TTCInfo)
-find_package( tdaq-common COMPONENTS ers )
-find_package( TBB )
-
-# Component(s) in the package:
-atlas_add_library( TrigConf2COOLOnline
-   src/*.cxx
-   PUBLIC_HEADERS TrigConf2COOLOnline
-   INCLUDE_DIRS ${TDAQ-COMMON_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${TDAQ_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-   PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIRS ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${COOL_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-   ${TBB_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-   LINK_LIBRARIES ${TDAQ-COMMON_LIBRARIES} ${TDAQ_LIBRARIES}
-   PRIVATE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${COOL_LIBRARIES} ${TBB_LIBRARIES}
-   TrigConfHLTData TrigConfL1Data TrigConfStorage )
-
-atlas_add_executable( TrigConf2CoolOnline
-   src/TrigConf2CoolOnline.cxx
-   INCLUDE_DIRS ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${TDAQ-COMMON_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-   ${TDAQ_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-   LINK_LIBRARIES ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${TDAQ-COMMON_LIBRARIES} ${TDAQ_LIBRARIES}
-   TrigConf2COOLOnline )
-
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConf2COOLOnline/TrigConf2COOLOnline/OnlTrigC2CWriter.h b/HLT/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConf2COOLOnline/TrigConf2COOLOnline/OnlTrigC2CWriter.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a0a9a735dbb963f5f7226d813c63d2f9a33168f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConf2COOLOnline/TrigConf2COOLOnline/OnlTrigC2CWriter.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-/*
- * @file OnlTrigC2CWriter.h
- * @author Joerg Stelzer
- * $Author: stelzer $
- * $Revision: 1.1 $
- * $Date: 2008-07-28 13:58:08 $
- *
- * @brief the online controlable class for writing configuration
- * information from the TriggerDB to COOL
- */
-
-#ifndef TRIGCONF_ONLTRIGC2CWRITER_H
-#define TRIGCONF_ONLTRIGC2CWRITER_H
-
-#include <string>
-#include <iostream>
-#include "TrigConf2COOLOnline/TC2CConfig.h"
-#include "RunControl/Common/Controllable.h"
-#include "ipc/partition.h"
-#include "is/infodictionary.h"
-
-namespace TrigConf {
-  class OnlTrigC2CWriter;
-  class TrigConfCoolWriter;
-  class HLTFrame;
-  class CTPConfig;
-}
-
-class ISInfoReceiver;
-class ISCallbackInfo;
-class ISInfoDictionary;
-class IPCPartition;
-
-class TrigConf::OnlTrigC2CWriter : public daq::rc::Controllable {
-public:
-
-   /**@brief:constructor.
-    * @param name: this is the named published in IPC (required)
-    */
-   OnlTrigC2CWriter(const std::string & partitionName, const std::string & cooldb, const std::string& triggerdb, bool l1is, bool l1cool, bool mckcool = false );
-   OnlTrigC2CWriter(const OnlTrigC2CWriter&) = delete;
-   OnlTrigC2CWriter& operator=(OnlTrigC2CWriter const&) = delete;
-  
-   virtual ~OnlTrigC2CWriter() noexcept;
-   virtual void configure    (const daq::rc::TransitionCmd&) override;
-   virtual void connect      (const daq::rc::TransitionCmd&) override;     //< connect to COOL and to TriggerDB
-   virtual void prepareForRun(const daq::rc::TransitionCmd&) override;
-   virtual void unconfigure  (const daq::rc::TransitionCmd&) override;
-   virtual void user         (const daq::rc::UserCmd& usrCmd) override;
-   virtual void stopArchiving(const daq::rc::TransitionCmd& cmd) override;
-
-   TC2CConfig& conf() { return m_jobConfig; }
-
-private:
-
-   bool readOKS(); // reading the configuration from OKS
-
-   bool subscribeToIS(); // subscribe to IS
-
-   void publishToIS(); // publish to IS
-
-   void readTriggerDb(); // read HLT menu from TriggerDB
-
-   void runNumberCallback(ISCallbackInfo *isc);
-
-   void readRunNumberFromIS();
-
-   void writeHLTPrescaleSetToCool(unsigned int lb, unsigned int pskey, std::string& name);
-
-   TC2CConfig                       m_jobConfig; // object to hold different configuration parameters
-   TrigConf::TrigConfCoolWriter*    m_conf2Cool; // the class that does all the work
-   std::string                      m_triggerDB;
-   ISInfoReceiver*                  m_infoRec;
-   IPCPartition*                    m_IPCPartition; // the ipc partition object
-
-   TrigConf::HLTFrame*              m_HLTFrame;  // pointer to the HLTFrame (could be skipped at the moment since it is still a singleton)
-   TrigConf::CTPConfig*             m_CTPConfig; // the pointer to the lvl1 ctpc;
-   bool m_forceTriggerDBReadAtPrepareForRun { false };
-    
-};
-
-#endif
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConf2COOLOnline/TrigConf2COOLOnline/TC2CConfig.h b/HLT/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConf2COOLOnline/TrigConf2COOLOnline/TC2CConfig.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b323b40abcedb389d52b23316c980ec906fbda0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConf2COOLOnline/TrigConf2COOLOnline/TC2CConfig.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-#ifndef TRIGCONF_TC2CCONFIG
-#define TRIGCONF_TC2CCONFIG
-
-#include <string>
-#include <iosfwd>
-
-class TC2CConfig;
-
-std::ostream& operator<<( std::ostream& os, const TC2CConfig& event );
-
-class TC2CConfig {
-     
-   friend std::ostream& operator<<( std::ostream& os, const TC2CConfig& event );
-
-public:
-   TC2CConfig();
-   ~TC2CConfig();
-
-   std::string&     PartitionName()        { return fPartitionName; }
-   std::string&     CoolDb()               { return fCoolDb; }
-   std::string&     DBType()               { return fDBType; }
-   std::string&     DBServer()             { return fDBServer; }
-   std::string&     DBConnection()         { return fDBConnection; }
-   std::string&     DBUser()               { return fDBUser; }
-   std::string&     DBPasswd()             { return fDBPasswd; }
-   std::string&     DBName()               { return fDBName; }
-   unsigned long&   DBSMK()                { return fDBSMK; }
-   unsigned long&   DBL1PSK()              { return fDBL1PSK; }
-   unsigned long&   DBHLTPSK()             { return fDBHLTPSK; }
-   std::string&     DBSMcomment()          { return fDBSMcomment; }
-   std::string&     DBL1PScomment()        { return fDBL1PScomment; }
-   std::string&     DBHLTPScomment()       { return fDBHLTPScomment; }
-   bool&            UseTriggerDB()         { return fUseTriggerDB; }
-   uint32_t&        CurrentRunNumber()     { return fCurrentRunNumber; }
-   uint32_t&        LastWrittenRunNumber() { return fLastWrittenRunNumber; }
-   bool&            COOLconnStat()         { return fCOOLconnStat; }
-   bool&            TriggerDBconnStat()    { return fTriggerDBconnStat; }
-   bool&            L1toIS()               { return fL1toIS; }
-   bool&            L1toCOOL()             { return fL1toCOOL; }
-
-   void             TriggerDbConnectionParams(std::string& conn, std::string& user, std::string& pw);
-    
-   bool&                MCKtoCOOL() { return fMCKtoCOOL; }
-    
-   unsigned long&       DBMCK() { return fDBMCK; }
-   std::string&         DBMCKrelease() { return fDBMCKrelease; }
-   std::string&         DBMCKinfo() { return fDBMCKinfo; }
-
-
-private:
-   std::string        fPartitionName {""};
-   std::string        fCoolDb        {""};
-   std::string        fDBType        {""};
-   std::string        fDBServer      {""};
-   std::string        fDBConnection  {""};
-   std::string        fDBUser        {""};
-   std::string        fDBPasswd      {""};
-   std::string        fDBName        {""};
-   unsigned long      fDBSMK    {0};
-   unsigned long      fDBL1PSK  {0};
-   unsigned long      fDBHLTPSK {0};
-   std::string        fDBSMcomment    {""};
-   std::string        fDBL1PScomment  {""};
-   std::string        fDBHLTPScomment {""};
-   bool               fUseTriggerDB {false};
-   uint32_t           fCurrentRunNumber     {0};
-   uint32_t           fLastWrittenRunNumber {0};
-   bool               fCOOLconnStat {false};
-   bool               fTriggerDBconnStat {false};
-   bool               fL1toIS {false};
-   bool               fL1toCOOL {false};
-    
-    bool                fMCKtoCOOL {false};
-    
-    unsigned long       fDBMCK {0};
-    std::string         fDBMCKrelease {""};
-    std::string         fDBMCKinfo {""};
-
-};
-#endif																																											
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConf2COOLOnline/src/OnlTrigC2CWriter.cxx b/HLT/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConf2COOLOnline/src/OnlTrigC2CWriter.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 0054daf58941193c2ef10be1169b7eae4b519524..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConf2COOLOnline/src/OnlTrigC2CWriter.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,685 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2018 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-
-#undef PACKAGE_VERSION
-
-#include "TrigConfStorage/TrigConfCoolWriter.h"
-#include "TrigConfStorage/StorageMgr.h"
-#include "TrigConfStorage/MCKLoader.h"
-
-#include "CoolKernel/Exception.h"
-
-#include "TrigConfL1Data/CTPConfig.h"
-#include "TrigConfHLTData/HLTFrame.h"
-#include "TrigConfHLTData/HLTPrescaleSet.h"
-
-#include "TrigConf2COOLOnline/OnlTrigC2CWriter.h"
-
-#include "TTCInfo/TrigConfSmKeyNamed.h"
-#include "TTCInfo/TrigConfL1PsKeyNamed.h"
-#include "TTCInfo/TrigConfHltPsKeyNamed.h"
-#include "TTCInfo/TrigConfReleaseNamed.h"
-
-#include "config/Configuration.h"
-
-#include "dal/Partition.h"
-#include "dal/TriggerConfiguration.h"
-#include "dal/TriggerDBConnection.h"
-#include "dal/L1TriggerConfiguration.h"
-#include "HLTPUDal/HLTImplementationDB.h"
-
-#include "RunControl/Common/Exceptions.h"
-#include "RunControl/Common/RunControlCommands.h"
-#include "RunControl/Common/OnlineServices.h"
-
-#include "ipc/partition.h"
-#include "is/inforeceiver.h"
-#include "is/infoany.h"
-#include "is/info.h"
-#include "is/infodictionary.h"
-
-#include "ers/ers.h"
-
-#include "rc/RunParams.h"
-#include "rc/RunParamsNamed.h"
-
-#include "boost/lexical_cast.hpp"
-#include "boost/algorithm/string.hpp"
-
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <iostream>
-
-ERS_DECLARE_ISSUE( TrigConf,
-                   BadCoolDB,
-                   "Archiving to COOL failed because " << explanation,
-                   ((const char*) explanation)
-                   )
-
-ERS_DECLARE_ISSUE( TrigConf,
-                   CoolWriting,
-                   "Archiving to COOL failed because " << explanation,
-                   ((const char*) explanation)
-                   )
-
-ERS_DECLARE_ISSUE( TrigConf,
-                   InvalidConfiguration,
-                   "Configuration error - " << explanation,
-                   ((const char*) explanation)
-                   )
-
-ERS_DECLARE_ISSUE( TrigConf,
-                   TriggerDBReadError,
-                   "Error when reading TriggerDB: " << explanation,
-                   ((const char*) explanation)
-                   )
-
-ERS_DECLARE_ISSUE( TrigConf,
-                   ISPublishing,
-                   "IS publishing error: " << explanation,
-                   ((const char*) explanation)
-                   )
-
-ERS_DECLARE_ISSUE( TrigConf,
-                   InvalidUserCommand,
-                   "Invalid user command: " << explanation,
-                   ((const char*) explanation)
-                   )
-
-using namespace std;
-using namespace TrigConf;
-
-OnlTrigC2CWriter::OnlTrigC2CWriter(const std::string & partitionName, const std::string& cooldb, const std::string& triggerdb, bool l1is, bool l1cool, bool mckcool ) :
-   Controllable()
-   , m_conf2Cool( new TrigConfCoolWriter(cooldb) )
-   , m_triggerDB(triggerdb)
-   , m_infoRec(0)
-   , m_IPCPartition(0)
-   , m_HLTFrame(0)
-   , m_CTPConfig(0)
-{
-    conf().CoolDb()        = cooldb;
-    conf().L1toIS()        = l1is;
-    conf().L1toCOOL()      = l1cool;
-    conf().PartitionName() = partitionName;
-    conf().MCKtoCOOL()     = mckcool;
-
-    m_IPCPartition = new IPCPartition( conf().PartitionName() );
-}
-
-TrigConf::OnlTrigC2CWriter::~OnlTrigC2CWriter() noexcept {
-   delete m_IPCPartition;
-   delete m_HLTFrame;
-   delete m_CTPConfig;
-   delete m_conf2Cool;
-   delete m_infoRec;
-}
-
-
-bool
-OnlTrigC2CWriter::readOKS() {
-
-    ERS_INFO("Reading configuration for partition " << conf().PartitionName());
-
-    try {
-        Configuration& oks = daq::rc::OnlineServices::instance().getConfiguration();
-
-        // get partition
-        const daq::core::Partition& partition = daq::rc::OnlineServices::instance().getPartition();
-
-        // get trigger configuration
-        const daq::core::TriggerConfiguration* triggerConfig = partition.get_TriggerConfiguration();
-        if( triggerConfig == 0)
-            throw daq::rc::ConfigurationIssue(ERS_HERE, "No trigger configuration object in partition!");
-
-
-        // LVL1 configuration object (to get L1 PSK)
-        const daq::core::L1TriggerConfiguration * l1Config = triggerConfig->get_l1();
-        if(l1Config!=0) {
-            conf().DBL1PSK() = l1Config->get_Lvl1PrescaleKey();
-            ERS_INFO("Read L1 PSK " << conf().DBL1PSK() );
-        } else {
-            conf().DBL1PSK() = 0;
-            ERS_INFO("No LVL1 configuration.");
-        }
-
-
-        // get the HLT configuration
-        const daq::core::HLTImplementation * hlt = triggerConfig->get_hlt();
-        if(hlt==0) {
-            ERS_INFO("No HLTImplementation configured");
-            return false;
-        } else {
-            ERS_INFO("Found HLT Implementation" << *hlt << " ... " << hlt->UID());
-        }
-
-        const daq::hlt::HLTImplementationDB* hltDB = oks.get<daq::hlt::HLTImplementationDB>( hlt->UID() );
-        if(hltDB==0)
-            ERS_INFO("HLT implementation '" << hlt->UID() << "' is not for running from TriggerDB.");
-
-        // setting the HLT prescale key
-        conf().DBHLTPSK() = hltDB!=0 ? boost::lexical_cast<unsigned long,std::string>( hltDB->get_hltPrescaleKey() ) : 0;
-
-        // get the DB connection
-        const daq::core::TriggerDBConnection * trigDb = triggerConfig->get_TriggerDBConnection();
-        conf().UseTriggerDB() = (trigDb!=0);
-        if( conf().UseTriggerDB() ) {
-            conf().DBSMK()    = trigDb->get_SuperMasterKey();
-            if (trigDb->get_Alias()!="") {
-                conf().DBType()   = "dblookup";
-                conf().DBServer() = trigDb->get_Alias();
-            }
-            else {
-                conf().DBType()   = trigDb->get_Type();
-                conf().DBServer() = trigDb->get_Server();
-                conf().DBUser()   = trigDb->get_User();
-                conf().DBPasswd() = trigDb->get_Password();
-                conf().DBName()   = trigDb->get_Name();
-            }
-        } else {
-            ERS_INFO("TriggerDBConnection not set in '" << triggerConfig->full_name() << "'");
-        }
-    }
-    catch (const daq::rc::ConfigurationIssue & e) {
-        InvalidConfiguration issue(ERS_HERE, e.what());
-        ers::fatal(issue);
-        return false;
-    }
-    catch (const daq::config::Generic & e) {
-        InvalidConfiguration issue(ERS_HERE, e.what());
-        ers::fatal(issue);
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    //ERS_LOG("" << "\nRead configuration needed for " << getName() << " from oks\n");  // this is like cout but with time and line info
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-bool
-TrigConf::OnlTrigC2CWriter::subscribeToIS() {
-
-    ERS_INFO("subscribing to IS (RunParams).");
-
-    if(!m_infoRec) m_infoRec = new ISInfoReceiver(*m_IPCPartition);
-
-    try {
-        m_infoRec->subscribe("RunParams.SOR_RunParams", &OnlTrigC2CWriter::runNumberCallback, this);
-    }
-    catch (const daq::is::Exception & ex ) {
-        ers::fatal(ex);
-        return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
-
-void
-TrigConf::OnlTrigC2CWriter::readRunNumberFromIS() {
-
-    ERS_INFO("readRunNumberFromIS entered");
-
-    RunParamsNamed rp(*m_IPCPartition,"RunParams.SOR_RunParams");
-
-    rp.checkout();
-
-    conf().CurrentRunNumber() = rp.run_number;
-
-    ERS_INFO("Read new run number: " << conf().CurrentRunNumber());
-
-}
-
-void
-TrigConf::OnlTrigC2CWriter::runNumberCallback(ISCallbackInfo *isc) {
-    if (isc->reason() == is::Deleted)
-        return;
-
-    RunParams sor;
-    isc->value(sor);
-
-    conf().CurrentRunNumber() = sor.run_number;
-
-    ERS_INFO("Received new run number: " << conf().CurrentRunNumber());
-
-    return;
-}
-
-void
-TrigConf::OnlTrigC2CWriter::publishToIS() {
-    ERS_INFO("Publish to IS");
-
-    TrigConfSmKeyNamed sm(*m_IPCPartition,"RunParams.TrigConfSmKey");
-    sm.SuperMasterKey     = conf().DBSMK();
-    sm.SuperMasterComment = conf().DBSMcomment();
-
-    TrigConfL1PsKeyNamed l1ps(*m_IPCPartition,"RunParams.TrigConfL1PsKey");
-    l1ps.L1PrescaleKey     = conf().DBL1PSK();
-    l1ps.L1PrescaleComment = conf().DBL1PScomment();
-
-    TrigConfHltPsKeyNamed hltps(*m_IPCPartition,"RunParams.TrigConfHltPsKey");
-    hltps.HltPrescaleKey     = conf().DBHLTPSK();
-    hltps.HltPrescaleComment = conf().DBHLTPScomment();
-
-    TrigConfReleaseNamed rel(*m_IPCPartition,"RunParams.TrigConfRelease");
-    rel.HLTReleaseVersion = getenv("AtlasVersion")?getenv("AtlasVersion"):"Unknown Version";
-
-    if(getenv("AtlasProject")) {
-        rel.HLTPatchProject = getenv("AtlasProject");
-    } else {
-        rel.HLTPatchProject = "Unknown Project";
-    }
-    rel.HLTExtraPatch = "";
-
-    sm.print(std::cout);
-    l1ps.print(std::cout);
-    hltps.print(std::cout);
-    rel.print(std::cout);
-
-    try {
-        sm.checkin();
-        if(conf().L1toIS()) l1ps.checkin();
-        hltps.checkin();
-        rel.checkin();
-    }
-    catch (daq::is::Exception& ex) {
-        TrigConf::ISPublishing issue(ERS_HERE, ex.what());
-        ers::fatal(issue);
-    }
-    catch (std::exception & ex) {
-        TrigConf::ISPublishing issue(ERS_HERE, ex.what());
-        ers::fatal(issue);
-    }
-    catch (CORBA::SystemException& ex) {
-        TrigConf::ISPublishing issue(ERS_HERE, ex._name());
-        ers::fatal(issue);
-    }
-    catch (...) {
-        TrigConf::ISPublishing issue(ERS_HERE,"unknown exception");
-        ers::fatal(issue);
-        //throw;
-    }
-
-}
-
-void
-TrigConf::OnlTrigC2CWriter::readTriggerDb() {
-
-    if(!conf().UseTriggerDB()) return;
-
-    m_forceTriggerDBReadAtPrepareForRun = false;
-
-    // clear the menu
-    delete m_HLTFrame; m_HLTFrame = 0;
-
-
-    // get the TriggerDB connection
-    std::string conn, user, pw;
-    conf().TriggerDbConnectionParams(conn,user,pw);
-    if(m_triggerDB!="") {
-        conn = m_triggerDB;
-    }
-    cout << "Using triggerdb connection : " << conn << endl;
-    //    cout << "user : " << user << endl;
-    //    cout << "pw   : " << pw << endl;
-
-    std::unique_ptr< StorageMgr > sm( new StorageMgr(conn,user,pw, cout) );
-
-    sm->sessionMgr();
-
-    conf().DBConnection() = sm->sessionMgr().connection();
-
-    if(conf().DBSMK()!=0 && conf().DBHLTPSK()!=0) {
-
-        m_HLTFrame = new HLTFrame();
-
-        ERS_INFO("Reading HLT menu from the TriggerDB with SMK " << conf().DBSMK() << " and HLT PSK " << conf().DBHLTPSK() << ".");
-
-        m_HLTFrame->setSMK(conf().DBSMK());
-        m_HLTFrame->thePrescaleSetCollection().set_prescale_key_to_load( conf().DBHLTPSK() );
-        try {
-            sm->hltFrameLoader().load( *m_HLTFrame );
-        }
-        catch(const std::exception & e) {
-            TrigConf::TriggerDBReadError issue(ERS_HERE, e.what());
-            ers::fatal(issue);
-        }
-        //fHLTPrescaleSet->fillFromFrame(m_HLTFrame);
-        conf().DBSMcomment() = m_HLTFrame->name();
-        conf().DBHLTPScomment() = m_HLTFrame->getPrescaleSetCollection().prescaleSet()->name();
-
-        ERS_INFO("Done reading HLT menu");
-
-    } else {
-        ERS_INFO("Will not read SMK since one of these keys is 0: SMK = " << conf().DBSMK() << ", HLT PSK = " << conf().DBHLTPSK() << ".");
-        conf().DBHLTPScomment() = "No HLT Prescale key specified";
-        conf().DBSMcomment() = "Not read since HLT prescale key was not specified";
-        conf().DBHLTPSK()=0;
-    }
-
-    if ( conf().MCKtoCOOL() ) {
-        if ( conf().DBSMK()!=0 ) {
-            ERS_INFO("Reading Menu-aware Monitoring MCK from the TriggerDB with SMK " << conf().DBSMK() << ".");
-
-            try {
-                // get the mck
-                uint mck {0};
-                std::string release {""};
-                auto fMCKLoader = new MCKLoader(*sm);
-                fMCKLoader->loadMCKlinkedToSMK(conf().DBSMK(), mck);
-                conf().DBMCK() = mck;
-                if ( conf().DBMCK() !=0 ) {
-                    fMCKLoader->loadReleaseLinkedToMCK(conf().DBMCK(), release);
-                    conf().DBMCKrelease() = release;
-                }
-            }
-            catch(const std::exception & e) {
-                TrigConf::TriggerDBReadError issue(ERS_HERE, e.what());
-                ers::error(issue);
-            }
-
-            ERS_INFO("Done reading MCK " << conf().DBMCK() << " for release " << conf().DBMCKrelease() << ".");
-        } else {
-            ERS_INFO("Will not read MCK since SMK is 0: SMK = " << conf().DBSMK() << ".");
-            conf().DBMCKinfo() = "Not read since SMK not specified";
-        }
-    } else {
-        ERS_INFO("Writing of MCK in HLT archiver is disabled");
-    }
-
-    if( conf().L1toCOOL() ) {
-        if( conf().DBSMK()!=0 ) {
-            ERS_INFO("Reading LVL1 menu from the TriggerDB");
-
-            // write also the L1 stuff to COOL (key+menu+prescales)
-            // should only happen in rare circumstances
-            delete m_CTPConfig;
-            m_CTPConfig = new CTPConfig();
-
-            m_CTPConfig->setSuperMasterTableId(conf().DBSMK());
-            try {
-                sm->masterTableLoader().load(*m_CTPConfig);
-            }
-            catch(const std::exception& e) {
-                TrigConf::TriggerDBReadError issue(ERS_HERE, e.what());
-                ers::fatal(issue);
-            }
-            ERS_INFO("LVL1 menu read");
-
-            // prescales
-            PrescaleSet l1pss;
-            l1pss.setId(conf().DBL1PSK());
-            try {
-                sm->prescaleSetLoader().load(l1pss);
-            }
-            catch(const std::exception& e) {
-                TrigConf::TriggerDBReadError issue(ERS_HERE, e.what());
-                ers::fatal(issue);
-            }
-            ERS_INFO("LVL1 prescales read");
-
-            m_CTPConfig->setPrescaleSet( l1pss );
-
-        }
-    } else {
-        ERS_INFO("Writing of LVL1 menu in HLT archiver is disabled");
-    }
-}
-
-void
-TrigConf::OnlTrigC2CWriter::configure(const daq::rc::TransitionCmd& cmd) {
-    ERS_INFO("CONFIGURE(" << cmd.toString() << ") -> read OKS, subscribe to IS for run number, read hlt config from TriggerDB.");
-    readOKS();
-    ERS_INFO(conf());
-    subscribeToIS();
-    readTriggerDb();
-}
-
-
-void
-TrigConf::OnlTrigC2CWriter::connect(const daq::rc::TransitionCmd& cmd) {
-    if(conf().UseTriggerDB()) {
-        ERS_INFO("CONNECT(" << cmd.toString() << ") -> check COOL connection, publish to IS");
-    } else {
-        ERS_INFO("CONNECT(" << cmd.toString() << ") -> nothing to do since we are not running from the TriggerDB");
-        return;
-    }
-    // first thing to do is to check the connection to COOL. We quickly open and close.
-    ERS_INFO("Checking COOL DB connection.");
-    try {
-        m_conf2Cool->checkDbConnection(false);
-    }
-    catch(cool::Exception& e) {
-        TrigConf::BadCoolDB issue(ERS_HERE, e.what());
-        ers::fatal(issue);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    publishToIS();
-}
-
-
-void
-TrigConf::OnlTrigC2CWriter::prepareForRun(const daq::rc::TransitionCmd& cmd) {
-
-    ERS_INFO("Entered prepareForRun");
-
-    if(m_forceTriggerDBReadAtPrepareForRun) {
-        ERS_INFO("m_forceTriggerDBReadAtPrepareForRun is true, rereading from triggerDB with this configuration.");
-        ERS_INFO(conf());
-        readTriggerDb();
-    }
-
-
-
-    readRunNumberFromIS();
-
-    if(conf().UseTriggerDB()) {
-        ERS_INFO("PREPAREFORRUN(" << cmd.toString() << ") -> write hlt config to COOL. Current run number " << conf().CurrentRunNumber());
-    } else {
-        ERS_INFO("PREPAREFORRUN(" << cmd.toString() << ") -> nothing to do since we are not running from the TriggerDB");
-        return;
-    }
-
-    TrigConf::ThresholdConfig thrcfg;
-    TrigConf::CaloInfo ci;
-
-    std::string configurationSource = conf().DBConnection() + ",";
-    if(getenv("AtlasVersion")) {
-        configurationSource += std::string(getenv("AtlasVersion")) + std::string(",");
-    } else {
-        configurationSource += std::string("Unknown Version,");
-    }
-    if(getenv("AtlasProject")) {
-        configurationSource += std::string(getenv("AtlasProject"));
-    } else {
-        configurationSource += std::string("Unknown Project");
-    }
-
-    // write the payload
-    std::cout << "Configuration source: " << configurationSource << std::endl;
-    std::cout << "=====================================================" << std::endl;
-    std::cout << m_CTPConfig << std::endl;
-    if(m_CTPConfig)
-        std::cout << *m_CTPConfig << std::endl;
-    std::cout << "=====================================================" << std::endl;
-    std::cout << m_HLTFrame << std::endl;
-    if(m_HLTFrame)
-        std::cout << *m_HLTFrame << std::endl;
-    std::cout << "=====================================================" << std::endl;
-
-
-    if(m_HLTFrame) {
-        if(0!=m_HLTFrame && 0!=m_CTPConfig) {
-            m_conf2Cool->writeRunPayload(conf().CurrentRunNumber(),
-                                        (unsigned int) conf().DBSMK(),
-                                        (unsigned int) conf().DBHLTPSK(), // if 0 then no menu will be saved
-                                        thrcfg,  // ignored
-                                        *m_CTPConfig,
-                                        ci, // ignored
-                                        *m_HLTFrame,
-                                        configurationSource);
-        } else if (0!=m_HLTFrame && 0==m_CTPConfig) {
-            m_conf2Cool->writeHLTPayload( ValidityRange( conf().CurrentRunNumber() ), *m_HLTFrame, configurationSource);
-            ERS_INFO("Prescale Set ptr = " << (void*)m_HLTFrame->getPrescaleSetCollection().prescaleSet());
-            m_conf2Cool->writeHltPrescalePayload( conf().CurrentRunNumber(), 1, *m_HLTFrame->getPrescaleSetCollection().prescaleSet());
-        }
-    } else {
-        ERS_INFO("Menu will not be written to COOL, since it was not read from the TriggerDB");
-    }
-
-    if(conf().MCKtoCOOL()) {
-        if (conf().DBMCK() != 0){
-            m_conf2Cool->writeMCKPayload( conf().CurrentRunNumber(), conf().DBMCK(), conf().DBMCKrelease(), conf().DBMCKinfo());
-            ERS_INFO("Done writing MCK " << conf().DBMCK() << " for release " << conf().DBMCKrelease() << " to COOL.");
-        } else {
-            ERS_INFO("MCK not written to COOL since it is 0");
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-
-void
-TrigConf::OnlTrigC2CWriter::unconfigure(const daq::rc::TransitionCmd& cmd) {
-    ERS_INFO("UNCONFIGURE(" << cmd.toString() << ") -> unsubscribe from IS");
-
-    // unsubscribe from IS
-    try {
-        m_infoRec->unsubscribe(".*");
-    }
-    catch(ers::Issue & e) {
-    }
-    delete m_infoRec; m_infoRec = 0;
-}
-
-
-
-void
-TrigConf::OnlTrigC2CWriter::writeHLTPrescaleSetToCool(unsigned int lb, unsigned int pskey, std::string& name) {
-
-    ERS_INFO("Entered writeHLTPrescaleSetToCool with LB = " << lb << " and HLT psk " << pskey);
-
-    if(!conf().UseTriggerDB()) return;
-
-    if(!m_HLTFrame) {
-        ERS_INFO("Running without the HLT, can not write HLT prescales to COOL");
-        return;
-    }
-
-    readRunNumberFromIS();
-
-    std::string conn(""), user(""), pw("");
-    conf().TriggerDbConnectionParams(conn,user,pw);
-    std::unique_ptr< TrigConf::StorageMgr > sm(new TrigConf::StorageMgr(conn,user,pw));
-
-    HLTPrescaleSet* hltPrescaleSet = new HLTPrescaleSet();
-
-    hltPrescaleSet->setId(pskey);
-    sm->hltPrescaleSetLoader().load( *hltPrescaleSet );
-    name = hltPrescaleSet->name();
-
-    ERS_INFO("writeHLTPrescaleSetToCool: HLT psk " << pskey << ", name " << name << " for Run " << conf().CurrentRunNumber() << " and LB " << lb);
-
-    m_HLTFrame->thePrescaleSetCollection().addPrescaleSet( lb, hltPrescaleSet );
-
-    m_conf2Cool->writeHltPrescalePayload( conf().CurrentRunNumber(), lb, *hltPrescaleSet );
-}
-
-
-void
-TrigConf::OnlTrigC2CWriter::user(const daq::rc::UserCmd& usrCmd) {
-
-    string commandName = usrCmd.commandName();
-    vector<string> arguments = usrCmd.commandParameters();
-
-    ERS_INFO("Received '" << commandName << "'  [" << usrCmd.toString() << "]");
-
-    // this is a hack until the CTP controller sends the correct user command
-
-    ERS_INFO("Received command " << commandName << " (" << usrCmd.toString() << ")");
-    if(commandName == "USER") {
-        ERS_INFO("User command " << usrCmd.toString() << " not formed correctly, need to apply parser hack.");
-
-        vector<string> splitarg;
-        boost::split(splitarg, arguments[0], boost::is_any_of(" "));
-
-        arguments.clear();
-        bool first(true);
-        for(const string& s : splitarg) {
-            if(first) {
-                commandName = s;
-                first = false;
-            } else {
-                arguments.push_back(s);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    ERS_INFO("Command " << commandName);
-    unsigned int i(0);
-    for(const string& s :arguments) {
-        ERS_INFO("   arg " << i++ << "  " << s);
-    }
-
-
-    if( commandName == "HLTPRESCALE2COOL" ) {
-
-        if( arguments.size() != 2) {
-            TrigConf::InvalidUserCommand issue(ERS_HERE,"'HLTPRESCALE2COOL' needs exactly 2 arguments: LB and HLT PS key");
-            ers::warning(issue);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        unsigned int lb    = boost::lexical_cast<unsigned int, std::string>(arguments[0]);
-        unsigned int pskey = boost::lexical_cast<unsigned int, std::string>(arguments[1]);
-
-        std::string pssname("");
-        try {
-            writeHLTPrescaleSetToCool(lb, pskey, pssname);
-        }
-        catch(std::exception & ex) {
-            TrigConf::CoolWriting issue(ERS_HERE, ex.what());
-            ers::error(issue);
-        }
-
-        // updating the internally held key
-        conf().DBHLTPSK() = pskey;
-
-
-        // publish to IS RunParams
-        TrigConfHltPsKeyNamed hltps(*m_IPCPartition,"RunParams.TrigConfHltPsKey");
-        hltps.HltPrescaleKey = pskey;
-        hltps.HltPrescaleComment = pssname;
-
-        try {
-            hltps.checkin();
-            ERS_INFO("Published current hlt pskey " << pskey << " to RunParams.TrigConfHltPsKey");
-
-        }
-        catch (daq::is::Exception& ex) {
-            TrigConf::ISPublishing issue(ERS_HERE, ex.what());
-            ers::error(issue);
-        }
-        catch (std::exception & ex) {
-            TrigConf::ISPublishing issue(ERS_HERE, ex.what());
-            ers::error(issue);
-        }
-        catch (CORBA::SystemException& ex) {
-            TrigConf::ISPublishing issue(ERS_HERE, ex._name());
-            ers::error(issue);
-        }
-        catch (...) {
-            TrigConf::ISPublishing issue(ERS_HERE,"unknown exception");
-            ers::error(issue);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-
-void
-TrigConf::OnlTrigC2CWriter::stopArchiving(const daq::rc::TransitionCmd&) {
-    ERS_INFO("stopArchiving");
-    ERS_INFO("setting m_forceTriggerDBReadAtPrepareForRun to true");
-    m_forceTriggerDBReadAtPrepareForRun = true;
-
-}
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConf2COOLOnline/src/TC2CConfig.cxx b/HLT/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConf2COOLOnline/src/TC2CConfig.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 78054157b7e68474ee8ab0b44a0f19ec2d38d84e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConf2COOLOnline/src/TC2CConfig.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include <algorithm>
-
-#include "TrigConf2COOLOnline/TC2CConfig.h"
-
-using std::endl;
-
-TC2CConfig::TC2CConfig()
-{}
-
-TC2CConfig::~TC2CConfig()
-{}
-
-void
-TC2CConfig::TriggerDbConnectionParams(std::string& conn, std::string& user, std::string& pw) {
-  user = DBUser();
-  pw = DBPasswd();
-
-  std::string dbtype = DBType();
-  std::transform(dbtype.begin(),dbtype.end(),dbtype.begin(),tolower);
-  if (dbtype == "oracle") {
-    conn = "oracle://" + DBServer() + "/" + DBName();
-  } else if (dbtype == "mysql") {
-    conn = "mysql://" + DBServer() + "/" + DBName();
-  } else if (dbtype == "sqlite") {
-    conn = "sqlite://" + DBServer() + "/" + DBName();
-  } else if (dbtype == "dblookup") {
-    conn = DBServer();
-    user = pw = "";
-  }
-}
-
-
-std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const TC2CConfig& c) {
-  os << "Job configuration:" << endl
-     << "  COOL connection : " << c.fCoolDb << endl
-     << "  Use TriggerDB   : " << (c.fUseTriggerDB?"true":"false") << endl;
-  if(c.fUseTriggerDB)
-    os << "    Trigger DB connection parameter" << endl
-       << "      Type   : " << c.fDBType << endl
-       << "      Server : " << c.fDBServer << endl
-       << "      User   : " << c.fDBUser << endl
-       << "      Passwd : " << c.fDBPasswd << endl
-       << "      Name   : " << c.fDBName << endl
-       << "    SMK             : " << c.fDBSMK << endl
-       << "    L1 PSK          : " << c.fDBL1PSK << endl
-       << "    HLT PSK         : " << c.fDBHLTPSK << endl;
-  os << "  Current run number: " << c.fCurrentRunNumber << endl;
-  os << "  Last run number written to COOL: " << c.fLastWrittenRunNumber << endl;
-  os << "  COOL connection status: " << (c.fCOOLconnStat?"connected":"disconnected") << endl;
-  os << "  TriggerDB connection status: " << (c.fTriggerDBconnStat?"connected":"disconnected") << endl;
-  
-  return os;
-}
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConf2COOLOnline/src/TrigConf2CoolOnline.cxx b/HLT/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConf2COOLOnline/src/TrigConf2CoolOnline.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index b371a66d6d3f9142b6a6555ca8ed6af11b3125a4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigConfiguration/TrigConf2COOLOnline/src/TrigConf2CoolOnline.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-/**
- * @file TrigConf2CoolOnline.cxx
- * @author Joerg Stelzer
- * $Author: stelzer $
- * $Revision: 1.1 $
- * $Date: 2008-07-28 13:58:08 $
- *
- * @brief Application to write trigger configuration from TriggerDB to COOL
- *
- */
-
-#undef PACKAGE_VERSION
-
-#include "TrigConf2COOLOnline/OnlTrigC2CWriter.h"
-
-#include "ipc/core.h"
-#include "ers/ers.h"
-#include "cmdl/cmdargs.h"
-
-#include <string>
-#include "RunControl/Common/CmdLineParser.h"
-#include "RunControl/Common/Exceptions.h"
-#include "RunControl/ItemCtrl/ItemCtrl.h"
-
-#include <boost/program_options.hpp>
-
-namespace po = boost::program_options;
-
-using namespace std;
-using namespace daq;
-using namespace TrigConf;
-
-ERS_DECLARE_ISSUE (TrigConf, ExitNow, "FATAL ERROR: ", )
-
-
-
-
-ERS_DECLARE_ISSUE(TrigConf, Exception, ERS_EMPTY, ERS_EMPTY)
-
-ERS_DECLARE_ISSUE_BASE (  TrigConf,
-                          CmdLineError,
-                          TrigConf::Exception,
-                          "Error parsing the command line options: " << reason,
-                          ERS_EMPTY,
-                          ((std::string) reason)
-                          )
-
-
-
-int main (int argc, char **argv) {
-
-   for(int i=0; i<argc; ++i)
-      cout << argv[i] << " ";
-   cout << endl;
-  
-   try {
-      IPCCore::init(argc,argv);
-   }
-   catch(daq::ipc::CannotInitialize& e) {
-      ers::fatal(e);
-      abort();
-   }
-   catch(daq::ipc::AlreadyInitialized& e) {
-      ers::warning(e);
-   }
-  
-   // parse commandline parameters
-   po::options_description desc("This program writes the trigger configuration for the current run to COOL");
-   desc.add_options()
-      ("help,h", "print usage and exit")
-      ("cooldb",  po::value<string>(), "COOL db connection tech://schema=;dbname=\nsqlite://;schema=trigconf.db;dbname=TRIGCONF")
-      ("triggerdb",  po::value<string>(), "TriggerDB connection alias")
-      ("l1is",  "if set L1 key is written to IS")
-      ("l1cool", "if set L1 information is written to COOL")
-      ("name,n",  po::value<string>(), "application name")
-      ("mckcool", "if set MCK is written to COOL")
-      ;
-  
-   // Get commandline parameters
-   po::variables_map vm;
-   po::store( po::command_line_parser(argc, argv).options(desc).allow_unregistered().run(), vm);
-   po::notify(vm);
-  
-   string cooldb("sqlite://;schema=trigconf.db;dbname=TRIGCONF");
-
-   if(vm.count("cooldb")) {
-      cooldb = vm["cooldb"].as<string>();
-      cout << "Application parameter cooldb=" << cooldb << endl;
-   } else if(!vm.count("help")) {
-      ers::fatal( TrigConf::CmdLineError(ERS_HERE, "No cool connection parameter has been defined") );
-      return EXIT_FAILURE;
-   }
-   bool l1is = vm.count("l1is")>0;
-   bool l1cool = vm.count("l1cool")>0;
-   bool mckcool = vm.count("mckcool")>0;
-   string triggerdb( vm.count("triggerdb") ? vm["triggerdb"].as<string>() : string("") );
-
-   rc::CmdLineParser cmdParser(argc, argv, true);
-
-   try {
-      rc::ItemCtrl itemCtrl(cmdParser,
-                            shared_ptr<rc::Controllable>(new OnlTrigC2CWriter(cmdParser.partitionName(), cooldb, triggerdb, l1is, l1cool, mckcool)));
-      itemCtrl.init();
-      itemCtrl.run();
-   }
-   catch(daq::rc::CmdLineHelp& ex) {
-      cout << desc << endl;
-      cout << ex.message() << endl;
-   }
-   catch(ers::Issue& ex) {
-      TrigConf::ExitNow issue(ERS_HERE, ex);
-      ers::fatal(ex);
-      return EXIT_FAILURE;
-   }
-   catch(po::error& ex) {
-      ers::fatal(rc::CmdLineError(ERS_HERE, ex.what(), ex));
-      return EXIT_FAILURE;
-   }
-  
-   return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-
-}