diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetEventCnv/PixelRawDataByteStreamCnv/src/PixelRodDecoder.cxx b/InnerDetector/InDetEventCnv/PixelRawDataByteStreamCnv/src/PixelRodDecoder.cxx
index 5a115f4e425022f1431d16d078a18ee6f5f727fd..b4093f540064484ba8411479dd24346647d05a8e 100644
--- a/InnerDetector/InDetEventCnv/PixelRawDataByteStreamCnv/src/PixelRodDecoder.cxx
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetEventCnv/PixelRawDataByteStreamCnv/src/PixelRodDecoder.cxx
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 #include "PixelByteStreamModuleMask.h"
 #include "eformat/SourceIdentifier.h"
 
-#include "GaudiKernel/IssueSeverity.h"
-
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 #include <fstream>
@@ -1130,16 +1128,6 @@ StatusCode PixelRodDecoder::fillCollection( const ROBFragment *robFrag, IPixelRD
         }
 
         ATH_MSG_DEBUG( "Recoverable errors found in PixelRodDecoder, errorcode: " << errorcode );
-
-        char error[100];
-        if (errorcode == (1 << 20) ){  // only BCID error found
-            sprintf(error,"BCID mismatch found, errorcode: %x",errorcode);
-            sc = STATUSCODE(StatusCode::RECOVERABLE,IssueSeverity::DEBUG,error);
-        }
-        else{
-            sprintf(error,"ErrorCode: %x, Pixel data likely corrupt",errorcode);
-            sc = STATUSCODE(StatusCode::RECOVERABLE,IssueSeverity::DEBUG,error);
-        }
     }
     return sc;
 }
diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetEventCnv/TRT_RawDataByteStreamCnv/src/TRT_RodDecoder.cxx b/InnerDetector/InDetEventCnv/TRT_RawDataByteStreamCnv/src/TRT_RodDecoder.cxx
index a9ab10e1a90493266e6efe8258b33282ddb5e089..1babf6e366a1be7ca89230f28f83cc40c2f9cf92 100644
--- a/InnerDetector/InDetEventCnv/TRT_RawDataByteStreamCnv/src/TRT_RodDecoder.cxx
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetEventCnv/TRT_RawDataByteStreamCnv/src/TRT_RodDecoder.cxx
@@ -585,18 +585,6 @@ TRT_RodDecoder::fillCollection ( const ROBFragment* robFrag,
 	 sc=StatusCode::RECOVERABLE;
       }
       
-      /** N.B. don't think the trigger uses this word any more,
-       * and passing around IssueSeverity seems to cause 
-       * a small memory leak...
-       {
-       char c_errorWord[10];
-       sprintf( c_errorWord, "%d", errorWord );
-       
-       sc = STATUSCODE( StatusCode::RECOVERABLE, IssueSeverity::DEBUG,
-       c_errorWord );
-       }
-       
-      */
     }
 
   //  ATH_MSG_INFO( "out of fillCollection: robid = " << MSG::hex << robid << MSG::dec );
diff --git a/MuonSpectrometer/MuonCnv/MuonRPC_CnvTools/src/RpcROD_Decoder.cxx b/MuonSpectrometer/MuonCnv/MuonRPC_CnvTools/src/RpcROD_Decoder.cxx
index d366326910302b027281ecdbaf6c5158764325ed..892c4619d5d92369408c248e425f18ba4e837606 100755
--- a/MuonSpectrometer/MuonCnv/MuonRPC_CnvTools/src/RpcROD_Decoder.cxx
+++ b/MuonSpectrometer/MuonCnv/MuonRPC_CnvTools/src/RpcROD_Decoder.cxx
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "GaudiKernel/IToolSvc.h"
 #include "GaudiKernel/MsgStream.h"
 #include "GaudiKernel/ISvcLocator.h"
-#include "GaudiKernel/IssueSeverity.h"
 #include "GaudiKernel/ListItem.h"
 //#include "GaudiKernel/IIncidentSvc.h"
 
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigL2TRTSegFinder/src/TrigTRTSegFinder.cxx b/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigL2TRTSegFinder/src/TrigTRTSegFinder.cxx
index 1e744f1c994956e4327b39b9f3e1f9b3f691fc18..0ca95bd694d0efdee3451eb35f922d2ba7bb714d 100755
--- a/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigL2TRTSegFinder/src/TrigTRTSegFinder.cxx
+++ b/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigL2TRTSegFinder/src/TrigTRTSegFinder.cxx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "GaudiKernel/ISvcLocator.h"
 #include "GaudiKernel/DataSvc.h"
 #include "GaudiKernel/SmartDataPtr.h"
-#include "GaudiKernel/IssueSeverity.h"
 #include "GaudiKernel/ListItem.h"
 
 #include "TrigL2TRTSegFinder/TrigTRTSegFinder.h"
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigT2MinBias/src/TrigCountSpacePoints.cxx b/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigT2MinBias/src/TrigCountSpacePoints.cxx
index 0109984969e6c2ba8c2f0d2f0760befe1b4c0e7c..eb5f47ff780e1071d8af4bd601d82ab1a3919fef 100644
--- a/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigT2MinBias/src/TrigCountSpacePoints.cxx
+++ b/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigT2MinBias/src/TrigCountSpacePoints.cxx
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "TrkSpacePoint/SpacePointOverlapCollection.h"
 
 #include "TrigTimeAlgs/TrigTimerSvc.h"
-#include "GaudiKernel/IssueSeverity.h"
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigT2MinBias/src/TrigCountTrtHits.cxx b/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigT2MinBias/src/TrigCountTrtHits.cxx
index b45b115cedb580ebe8b666c4190888ef66a6448f..abc630817b80e00da68a8cb9374ec08f30603a23 100644
--- a/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigT2MinBias/src/TrigCountTrtHits.cxx
+++ b/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigT2MinBias/src/TrigCountTrtHits.cxx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 */
 
 #include "TrigT2MinBias/TrigCountTrtHits.h"
-#include "GaudiKernel/IssueSeverity.h"
 #include "TrigTimeAlgs/TrigTimerSvc.h"
 #include "TrigInDetEvent/TrigTrtHitCounts.h"
 #include "TrigSteeringEvent/TrigRoiDescriptor.h"
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigTRTHighTHitCounter/src/TrigTRTHTHCounter.cxx b/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigTRTHighTHitCounter/src/TrigTRTHTHCounter.cxx
index 7fe5f43951b39a316a1e5b5f9547ea5bfe1caeae..d9df1606068905daa7b997bb994829f3e82c7f1b 100644
--- a/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigTRTHighTHitCounter/src/TrigTRTHTHCounter.cxx
+++ b/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigTRTHighTHitCounter/src/TrigTRTHTHCounter.cxx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 */
 
 #include "TrigTRTHTHCounter.h"
-#include "GaudiKernel/IssueSeverity.h"
 #include "TrigSteeringEvent/TrigRoiDescriptor.h"
 
 #include "InDetIdentifier/TRT_ID.h"
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigHypothesis/TrigFTKHypo/src/TrigFTKAvailableHypo.cxx b/Trigger/TrigHypothesis/TrigFTKHypo/src/TrigFTKAvailableHypo.cxx
index af9d6a814dd6696a1b266d0324272503cbfd3e78..1152eb3a47a1142e7d4173164f4a8a102ef42485 100644
--- a/Trigger/TrigHypothesis/TrigFTKHypo/src/TrigFTKAvailableHypo.cxx
+++ b/Trigger/TrigHypothesis/TrigFTKHypo/src/TrigFTKAvailableHypo.cxx
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include "xAODEventInfo/EventInfo.h"
 
 #include "TrigTimeAlgs/TrigTimerSvc.h"
-#include "GaudiKernel/IssueSeverity.h"
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigHypothesis/TrigLongLivedParticlesHypo/src/TrigLLPInnerDetectorHypo.cxx b/Trigger/TrigHypothesis/TrigLongLivedParticlesHypo/src/TrigLLPInnerDetectorHypo.cxx
index 1df622cc0af4772121b2f62372bfe81f69d09d51..1a3df7a07024bac0a441d991a0e2004060218daf 100644
--- a/Trigger/TrigHypothesis/TrigLongLivedParticlesHypo/src/TrigLLPInnerDetectorHypo.cxx
+++ b/Trigger/TrigHypothesis/TrigLongLivedParticlesHypo/src/TrigLLPInnerDetectorHypo.cxx
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 #include "TrkSpacePoint/SpacePointContainer.h"
 #include "TrkSpacePoint/SpacePointOverlapCollection.h"
 
-#include "GaudiKernel/IssueSeverity.h"
-
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 TrigLLPInnerDetectorHypo::TrigLLPInnerDetectorHypo(const std::string& name, ISvcLocator* pSvcLocator)
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigInDetRecoTools/src/TrigL2DupTrackRemovalTool.cxx b/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigInDetRecoTools/src/TrigL2DupTrackRemovalTool.cxx
index c0f4d6ec10fe8cd65793570596e9006da2b8cdcb..356e90c877c79d077c9b148e8016369fb1a6db88 100644
--- a/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigInDetRecoTools/src/TrigL2DupTrackRemovalTool.cxx
+++ b/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigInDetRecoTools/src/TrigL2DupTrackRemovalTool.cxx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 // general Atlas classes
 //#include "GaudiKernel/PropertyMgr.h"
 //#include "GaudiKernel/MsgStream.h"
-//#include "GaudiKernel/IssueSeverity.h"
 
 //#include "AthenaKernel/Timeout.h"
 
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigOfflineDriftCircleTool/src/TrigTRT_DCCollByteStreamTool.cxx b/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigOfflineDriftCircleTool/src/TrigTRT_DCCollByteStreamTool.cxx
index 33e5b0d74955c854645be0877a1558dcd0b3491a..c112a1f7efbbb5e1cc5940115376a1903d5c1e2d 100755
--- a/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigOfflineDriftCircleTool/src/TrigTRT_DCCollByteStreamTool.cxx
+++ b/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigOfflineDriftCircleTool/src/TrigTRT_DCCollByteStreamTool.cxx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
-#include "GaudiKernel/IssueSeverity.h"
 #include "InDetIdentifier/TRT_ID.h"
 #include "Identifier/IdentifierHash.h"
 
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigOnlineSpacePointTool/src/PixelClusterCacheTool.cxx b/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigOnlineSpacePointTool/src/PixelClusterCacheTool.cxx
index b62bf50b2db0b2e8b7d95dcd8e7e8a137d994ba8..de498f917d7d59b556b2ff06f473e4af3f333f73 100755
--- a/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigOnlineSpacePointTool/src/PixelClusterCacheTool.cxx
+++ b/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigOnlineSpacePointTool/src/PixelClusterCacheTool.cxx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include "AthenaBaseComps/AthAlgTool.h"
 #include "AthenaBaseComps/AthMsgStreamMacros.h"
-#include "GaudiKernel/IssueSeverity.h"
 #include "InDetIdentifier/PixelID.h"
 #include "Identifier/IdentifierHash.h" 
 
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigOnlineSpacePointTool/src/SCT_ClusterCacheTool.cxx b/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigOnlineSpacePointTool/src/SCT_ClusterCacheTool.cxx
index 5f235bfcabcf67d5bd8d22b2609c925a8d07e4e9..9b1ec6eddc7b80b7c2ba850e4f9f3ff4db86a9b1 100755
--- a/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigOnlineSpacePointTool/src/SCT_ClusterCacheTool.cxx
+++ b/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigOnlineSpacePointTool/src/SCT_ClusterCacheTool.cxx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 */
 
 #include "GaudiKernel/ToolFactory.h"
-#include "GaudiKernel/IssueSeverity.h"
 #include "TrigTimeAlgs/TrigTimerSvc.h"
 #include "InDetPrepRawData/SCT_ClusterCollection.h"
 #include "SCT_RawDataByteStreamCnv/ISCT_RodDecoder.h"
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigTRT_TrackExtensionTool/src/TrigTRT_CombinedExtensionTool.cxx b/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigTRT_TrackExtensionTool/src/TrigTRT_CombinedExtensionTool.cxx
index 926244fb8eb8faf2c3e18651d00bf356657104bd..fded68ea11be63c86a8275b2910edd317774f9d3 100644
--- a/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigTRT_TrackExtensionTool/src/TrigTRT_CombinedExtensionTool.cxx
+++ b/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigTRT_TrackExtensionTool/src/TrigTRT_CombinedExtensionTool.cxx
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 
 #include "GaudiKernel/ToolFactory.h"
-#include "GaudiKernel/IssueSeverity.h"
 //#include "RegionSelector/RegSelSvc.h"
 #include "IRegionSelector/IRegSelSvc.h"
 #include "TrigInDetEvent/TrigInDetTrack.h"
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigTRT_TrackExtensionTool/src/TrigTRT_TrackExtensionTool.cxx b/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigTRT_TrackExtensionTool/src/TrigTRT_TrackExtensionTool.cxx
index 0f3c4c7d4163151c17e952329358a9bfb67754ce..31269f1fe7ba8acd112537797d40b4f9e4b6c2a8 100755
--- a/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigTRT_TrackExtensionTool/src/TrigTRT_TrackExtensionTool.cxx
+++ b/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigTRT_TrackExtensionTool/src/TrigTRT_TrackExtensionTool.cxx
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <iostream>
 
 #include "GaudiKernel/ToolFactory.h"
-#include "GaudiKernel/IssueSeverity.h"
 
 #include "TrigSteeringEvent/TrigRoiDescriptor.h"
 #include "IRegionSelector/IRegSelSvc.h"