diff --git a/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTHalfLayers_data.py b/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTHalfLayers_data.py
index 4aab7055aba582cbfe06fb99928aee7f605dec93..5d242d0d1fb801284521a3b2c1e44f99e566c92e 100644
--- a/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTHalfLayers_data.py
+++ b/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTHalfLayers_data.py
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ options.input_files = files[0:10]  #50:200
 
 options.event_store = 'EvtStoreSvc'
 options.histo_file = "GoodLongTracks_histo.root"
-options.use_iosvc = True  # True for data, False for MC
 # multithreading not working while creating tuples
 options.n_threads = 8
 options.evt_max = -1
diff --git a/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTHalfModules.py b/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTHalfModules.py
index bef6d0b56e1e0234ee236b09fd53646218934a16..07820ae8d1abc4a3f890e74a9394a798ed75cbac 100644
--- a/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTHalfModules.py
+++ b/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTHalfModules.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ options.set_input_and_conds_from_testfiledb(
     'upgrade_Sept2022_minbias_0fb_md_xdigi')
 
 options.evt_max = 100
-# options.use_iosvc = True
 options.event_store = 'EvtStoreSvc'
 options.ntuple_file = "testmonitoring.root"
 options.histo_file = "testmonitoringhist.root"
diff --git a/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTModules_CFrames.py b/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTModules_CFrames.py
index 6df0a0893229870c168f0fa0e492d851294c5598..fac6fd1dcf1195721910087b560331c8d8c5ce72 100644
--- a/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTModules_CFrames.py
+++ b/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTModules_CFrames.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ options.simulation = False
 options.data_type = 'Upgrade'
 options.event_store = 'EvtStoreSvc'
 options.histo_file = "GoodLongTracks_histo.root"
-options.use_iosvc = True  # True for data, False for MC
 # multithreading not working while creating tuples
 options.scheduler_legacy_mode = False
 
diff --git a/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTModules_PrKalman.py b/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTModules_PrKalman.py
index 2a25f3f44e1d0a88bdd5c4c34fb32be2e3ca2c10..b0f3fbf6615ae04a14802b9f2aaf54dbabca02ca 100644
--- a/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTModules_PrKalman.py
+++ b/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTModules_PrKalman.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ options.set_input_and_conds_from_testfiledb(
 #    'upgrade-magdown-minbias-alignHLT1filtered')
 
 options.evt_max = 100
-# options.use_iosvc = True
 options.event_store = 'EvtStoreSvc'
 options.ntuple_file = "testmonitoring.root"
 options.histo_file = "testmonitoringhist.root"
diff --git a/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTQuarters.py b/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTQuarters.py
index b4359cf43a7828af6c915f2c733d1b9795aafe60..fca9d511ee20b2faa4e8ee5da74974bcd1f1f79e 100644
--- a/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTQuarters.py
+++ b/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTQuarters.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ options.set_input_and_conds_from_testfiledb(
 #    'upgrade-magdown-minbias-alignHLT1filtered')
 
 options.evt_max = 100
-# options.use_iosvc = True
 options.event_store = 'EvtStoreSvc'
 options.ntuple_file = "testmonitoring.root"
 options.histo_file = "testmonitoringhist.root"
diff --git a/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTStationsLayers.py b/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTStationsLayers.py
index 6968aa88dca106dc60b39a0c38a736b39ec57f23..d8e6ad4896ed0b6eebc1b448b139226f724399ef 100644
--- a/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTStationsLayers.py
+++ b/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignFTStationsLayers.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ options.set_input_and_conds_from_testfiledb(
 #    'upgrade-magdown-minbias-alignHLT1filtered')
 
 options.evt_max = 100
-# options.use_iosvc = True
 options.event_store = 'EvtStoreSvc'
 options.ntuple_file = "testmonitoring.root"
 options.histo_file = "testmonitoringhist.root"
diff --git a/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignMuonHalfStations.py b/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignMuonHalfStations.py
index f7951d7b6f1811bed897c3e9f1d6ba49f87aea3f..f7f74389b5467138dabe118beb67a863e82bb3ac 100644
--- a/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignMuonHalfStations.py
+++ b/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignMuonHalfStations.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ options.conditions_version = 'alignment2023'  # NEW
 from RecoConf.decoders import default_ft_decoding_version
 default_ft_decoding_version.global_bind(value=6)
 
-# options.use_iosvc = True
 options.event_store = 'EvtStoreSvc'
 options.ntuple_file = "testmonitoring.root"
 options.histo_file = "testmonitoringhist.root"
diff --git a/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignMuonHalfStations_MC.py b/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignMuonHalfStations_MC.py
index 96da5efb5e1d59f9d29209f4ddc5261d96d12a64..657437659cb586cb537e33cea3c7a1eb0af208bb 100644
--- a/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignMuonHalfStations_MC.py
+++ b/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignMuonHalfStations_MC.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ default_ft_decoding_version.global_bind(value=6)
 options.event_store = 'EvtStoreSvc'
 options.histo_file = "MC_histo.root"
 options.simulation = True
-options.use_iosvc = False  # True for data, False for MC
 
 # multithreading not working while creating tuples
 options.n_threads = 1
diff --git a/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignRun3Collisions.py b/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignRun3Collisions.py
index 6e96b929bb3bd76e2c53c10832f92e6ff984de28..c83716ad6d8b88c627ef2029ff5591114f0809a6 100644
--- a/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignRun3Collisions.py
+++ b/Alignment/Humboldt/options/AlignRun3Collisions.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ options.set_input_and_conds_from_testfiledb(
     'upgrade_Sept2022_minbias_0fb_md_xdigi')
 
 options.evt_max = 100
-# options.use_iosvc = True
 options.event_store = 'EvtStoreSvc'
 options.ntuple_file = "monitoringtuple.root"
 options.histo_file = "monitoringhist.root"