diff --git a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/ATLAS_CHECK_THREAD_SAFETY b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/ATLAS_CHECK_THREAD_SAFETY
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c8ff8d467f2e467acb2dfbe0483c978732a432e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/ATLAS_CHECK_THREAD_SAFETY
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc
diff --git a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/T_AthenaPoolCoolMultChanCnv.h b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/T_AthenaPoolCoolMultChanCnv.h
index 5c9b1cc2eba2541f845076d11fb80f68d1d42024..915b733626a7ca545fa30b33833566f04275013d 100644
--- a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/T_AthenaPoolCoolMultChanCnv.h
+++ b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/T_AthenaPoolCoolMultChanCnv.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 #ifndef ATHENAPOOLCNVSVC_T_ATHENAPOOLCOOLMULTCHANCNV_H
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ protected:
     /// @param obj          [IN]  pointer to the collection of objects.
     /// @param attrListColl [OUT] CondAttrListCollection filled with tokens
     /// @param token        [OUT] Token from writing out CondMultChanCollImpl
-    StatusCode objectToAttrListColl(COLL_T* obj, IOpaqueAddress*& pAddr,
+    StatusCode objectToAttrListColl ATLAS_NOT_THREAD_SAFE
+                                   (COLL_T* obj, IOpaqueAddress*& pAddr,
 				    CondAttrListCollection*& attrListColl,
 				    Token*& token);
 
diff --git a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/T_AthenaPoolCoolMultChanCnv.icc b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/T_AthenaPoolCoolMultChanCnv.icc
index 67c716be95e24d1554db581b359790209db95b0e..a10b205d7945216008a2edc26c578947d64ccfbd 100644
--- a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/T_AthenaPoolCoolMultChanCnv.icc
+++ b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/T_AthenaPoolCoolMultChanCnv.icc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 /** @file T_AthenaPoolCoolMultChanCnv.icc
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include "AthenaKernel/CLASS_DEF.h"
 #include "AthenaKernel/StorableConversions.h"
 
+#include "CxxUtils/checker_macros.h"
+
 #include <exception>
 #include <string>
 
@@ -111,9 +113,10 @@ StatusCode T_AthenaPoolCoolMultChanCnv<COLL_T, ELEM_T, ELEM_P>::createObj(IOpaqu
 //__________________________________________________________________________
 template <class COLL_T, class ELEM_T, class ELEM_P>
 StatusCode
-T_AthenaPoolCoolMultChanCnv<COLL_T, ELEM_T, ELEM_P>::objectToAttrListColl(COLL_T* obj, IOpaqueAddress*& pAddr,
-								  CondAttrListCollection*& attrListColl,
-								  Token*& implToken)
+T_AthenaPoolCoolMultChanCnv<COLL_T, ELEM_T, ELEM_P>::objectToAttrListColl ATLAS_NOT_THREAD_SAFE
+  (COLL_T* obj, IOpaqueAddress*& pAddr,
+   CondAttrListCollection*& attrListColl,
+   Token*& implToken)
 {
     ATH_MSG_DEBUG("Creating a CondAttrListCollection from a collection");
 
@@ -209,7 +212,8 @@ StatusCode T_AthenaPoolCoolMultChanCnv<COLL_T, ELEM_T, ELEM_P>::createRep(DataOb
     }
     CondAttrListCollection* coll = 0;
     Token* token = 0;
-    StatusCode sc = objectToAttrListColl(obj, pAddr, coll, token);
+    // Ok, because it's just creating a new list.
+    StatusCode sc ATLAS_THREAD_SAFE = objectToAttrListColl(obj, pAddr, coll, token);
     if (sc != StatusCode::SUCCESS || !token) {
 	ATH_MSG_ERROR("Unable to get objects and fill CondAttrListCollection with tokens");
 	return(StatusCode::FAILURE);
diff --git a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/T_AthenaPoolViewVectorCnv.icc b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/T_AthenaPoolViewVectorCnv.icc
index f81a845fe7d39e9c1b9a73b10d7707601f59b3a8..55755fddca168312dd30aebf3812f3c7f956c6e6 100644
--- a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/T_AthenaPoolViewVectorCnv.icc
+++ b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/T_AthenaPoolViewVectorCnv.icc
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
-
-// $Id$
 /**
  * @file AthenaPoolCnvSvc/T_AthenaPoolViewVectorCnv.icc
  * @author scott snyder <snyder@bnl.gov>
@@ -146,7 +144,7 @@ T_AthenaPoolViewVectorCnv<DV>::createTransient NO_SANITIZE_UNDEFINED ()
       // FIXME: To get rid of this @c const_cast, the converter interfaces
       // need to be changed to allow returning a const pointer
       // all the way back to StoreGate.
-      trans_t* vv = const_cast<trans_t*>(c.release()->asDataVector());
+      trans_t* vv ATLAS_THREAD_SAFE = const_cast<trans_t*>(c.release()->asDataVector());
       vv->clearPersistent();
       return vv;
     }
diff --git a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/CMakeLists.txt b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c29c9128235b0d8bc863357aa096408d247236f..c729d86f535411a300ce77048e975e310144d94c 100644
--- a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,26 +49,22 @@ atlas_add_test( T_AthenaPoolCreateFuncs_test
 atlas_add_test( T_AthenaPoolViewVectorCnv_test
    SOURCES test/T_AthenaPoolViewVectorCnv_test.cxx
    INCLUDE_DIRS ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-   LINK_LIBRARIES ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} AthenaPoolCnvSvcLib TestTools
-   ENVIRONMENT "JOBOPTSEARCHPATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/share" )
+   LINK_LIBRARIES ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} AthenaPoolCnvSvcLib TestTools )
 
 atlas_add_test( T_AthenaPoolxAODCnv_test
    SOURCES test/T_AthenaPoolxAODCnv_test.cxx
    INCLUDE_DIRS ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-   LINK_LIBRARIES ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} AthenaPoolCnvSvcLib TestTools
-   ENVIRONMENT "JOBOPTSEARCHPATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/share" )
+   LINK_LIBRARIES ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} AthenaPoolCnvSvcLib TestTools )
 
 atlas_add_test( T_AthenaPoolAuxContainerCnv_test
    SOURCES test/T_AthenaPoolAuxContainerCnv_test.cxx
    INCLUDE_DIRS ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-   LINK_LIBRARIES ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} AthenaPoolCnvSvcLib TestTools
-   ENVIRONMENT "JOBOPTSEARCHPATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/share" )
+   LINK_LIBRARIES ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} AthenaPoolCnvSvcLib TestTools )
 
 atlas_add_test( T_AthenaPoolTPCnvCnv_test
    SOURCES test/T_AthenaPoolTPCnvCnv_test.cxx
    INCLUDE_DIRS ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-   LINK_LIBRARIES ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} AthenaPoolCnvSvcLib TestTools
-   ENVIRONMENT "JOBOPTSEARCHPATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/share" )
+   LINK_LIBRARIES ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} AthenaPoolCnvSvcLib TestTools )
 
 atlas_add_test( T_AuxContainerCopyTPCnv_test
    SOURCES test/T_AuxContainerCopyTPCnv_test.cxx
@@ -77,4 +73,4 @@ atlas_add_test( T_AuxContainerCopyTPCnv_test
 
 # Install files from the package:
 atlas_install_python_modules( python/*.py )
-atlas_install_joboptions( share/*.py )
+atlas_install_joboptions( share/*.py share/*.txt )
diff --git a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/TPCnvElt_test.cxx b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/TPCnvElt_test.cxx
index 37fd692d71c30c276e615faf13a88b53d090f69f..afd263e14af244f19e6766c969b825a411f58ea0 100644
--- a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/TPCnvElt_test.cxx
+++ b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/TPCnvElt_test.cxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 /**
  * @file AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/TPCnvElt_test.cxx
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ public:
 };
 
 
-std::string X_guid = "CAE53A87-64AD-4576-A203-1A4142E1E10F";
-std::string X_p1_guid = "6AD63B61-BE75-40FC-B0C6-DD3C7801D871";
+const std::string X_guid = "CAE53A87-64AD-4576-A203-1A4142E1E10F";
+const std::string X_p1_guid = "6AD63B61-BE75-40FC-B0C6-DD3C7801D871";
 
 
 class TestConverter
diff --git a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/TPCnvList_test.cxx b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/TPCnvList_test.cxx
index 4788bcf513dceb14326d253943bdc2395c4db137..4a8fb3ea064b8a9f012f5bc9be36fe487df23094 100644
--- a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/TPCnvList_test.cxx
+++ b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/TPCnvList_test.cxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 /**
  * @file AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/TPCnvList_test.cxx
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ public:
 };
 
 
-std::string X_guid = "CAE53A87-64AD-4576-A203-1A4142E1E10F";
-std::string X_p1_guid = "6AD63B61-BE75-40FC-B0C6-DD3C7801D871";
-std::string X_p2_guid = "0AAC9C99-726D-4CF4-B9F9-00B6674C57DD";
+const std::string X_guid = "CAE53A87-64AD-4576-A203-1A4142E1E10F";
+const std::string X_p1_guid = "6AD63B61-BE75-40FC-B0C6-DD3C7801D871";
+const std::string X_p2_guid = "0AAC9C99-726D-4CF4-B9F9-00B6674C57DD";
 
 
 class TestConverter
diff --git a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/T_AthenaPoolAuxContainerCnv_test.cxx b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/T_AthenaPoolAuxContainerCnv_test.cxx
index ca841566f1272b3437707c448581c583756a67cb..ff8d44c2bd68904ffebbf7cd6ab10c5a370e9789 100644
--- a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/T_AthenaPoolAuxContainerCnv_test.cxx
+++ b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/T_AthenaPoolAuxContainerCnv_test.cxx
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 using namespace AthenaPoolCnvSvcTest;
 
 
-std::string YAuxCont_v1_guid = "BEE3C14E-149E-4366-9E24-8A32C419A3B4";
-std::string YAuxCont_v2_guid = "170BFEE4-F6B2-4AF4-919B-7EB3986656FA";
+const std::string YAuxCont_v1_guid = "BEE3C14E-149E-4366-9E24-8A32C419A3B4";
+const std::string YAuxCont_v2_guid = "170BFEE4-F6B2-4AF4-919B-7EB3986656FA";
 
 
 class TestCnvSvc
@@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ void test1_checkThinned (const YAuxCont_v2* pers,
 
 
 // Writing
-void test1 (ISvcLocator* svcloc, TestCnvSvc& /*testsvc*/)
+void test1 (ISvcLocator* svcloc,
+            SGTest::TestStore& store,
+            TestCnvSvc& /*testsvc*/)
 {
   std::cout << "test1\n";
   const size_t N = 10;
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ void test1 (ISvcLocator* svcloc, TestCnvSvc& /*testsvc*/)
   DataVector<Y_v2>* vec = new DataVector<Y_v2>;
   for (size_t i = 0; i < N; i++)
     vec->push_back (new Y_v2(i));
-  SGTest::store.record (vec, "vec");
+  store.record (vec, "vec");
 
   T_AthenaPoolAuxContainerCnv<YAuxCont_v2, YAuxContCnv_v1> cnv (svcloc);
   assert (static_cast<AthenaPoolConverter&>(cnv).initialize().isSuccess());
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ void test1 (ISvcLocator* svcloc, TestCnvSvc& /*testsvc*/)
     x2[i] = i*2;
     l2[i] = Link_t ("vec", i);
   }
-  SGTest::store.record (trans2, "store");
+  store.record (trans2, "store");
 
   YAuxCont_v2* pers2a = cnv.createPersistentWithKey (trans2, "store");
   assert (pers2a->size() == trans2->size());
@@ -170,11 +172,11 @@ void test1 (ISvcLocator* svcloc, TestCnvSvc& /*testsvc*/)
   }
 
   SG::sgkey_t sgkey_store =
-    SGTest::store.stringToKey ("store",
-                               ClassID_traits<YAuxCont_v2>::ID());
+    store.stringToKey ("store",
+                       ClassID_traits<YAuxCont_v2>::ID());
   SG::sgkey_t sgkey_vec =
-    SGTest::store.stringToKey ("vec",
-                               ClassID_traits<DataVector<Y_v2> >::ID());
+    store.stringToKey ("vec",
+                       ClassID_traits<DataVector<Y_v2> >::ID());
 
   SG::ThinningCache cache;
   SG::ThinningDecisionBase dec_store;
@@ -291,9 +293,9 @@ void test2 (ISvcLocator* svcloc, TestCnvSvc& testsvc)
 int main()
 {
   CxxUtils::ubsan_suppress ([]() {TInterpreter::Instance(); });
-  SGTest::initTestStore();
+  std::unique_ptr<SGTest::TestStore> testStore = SGTest::getTestStore();
   ISvcLocator* pSvcLoc = nullptr;
-  if (!Athena_test::initGaudi("test.txt", pSvcLoc)) {
+  if (!Athena_test::initGaudi("AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test.txt", pSvcLoc)) {
     std::cerr << "This test can not be run" << std::endl;
     return 0;
   }
@@ -306,7 +308,7 @@ int main()
   
   gSystem->Load("libAthenaPoolCnvSvcTestDict");
 
-  test1 (pSvcLoc, *svc);
+  test1 (pSvcLoc, *testStore, *svc);
   test2 (pSvcLoc, *svc);
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/T_AthenaPoolTPCnvCnv_test.cxx b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/T_AthenaPoolTPCnvCnv_test.cxx
index 3b835aef78183e635dcd43c1d48ff97870b5df01..ac964f1fb8fe4281a87b7b9ca9c476a23819b139 100644
--- a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/T_AthenaPoolTPCnvCnv_test.cxx
+++ b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/T_AthenaPoolTPCnvCnv_test.cxx
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
-
-// $Id$
 /**
  * @file AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/T_AthenaPoolTPCnvCnv_test.cxx
  * @author scott snyder <snyder@bnl.gov>
@@ -30,9 +28,9 @@
 using namespace AthenaPoolCnvSvcTest;
 
 
-std::string XCont_guid    = "6AEA6831-8777-4571-8595-95FFF40B171F";
-std::string XCont_p1_guid = "421C967C-CB57-4234-A33F-EBE4928036C2";
-std::string XCont_p2_guid = "F151C81D-869A-4585-8086-5F8835AB12E1";
+const std::string XCont_guid    = "6AEA6831-8777-4571-8595-95FFF40B171F";
+const std::string XCont_p1_guid = "421C967C-CB57-4234-A33F-EBE4928036C2";
+const std::string XCont_p2_guid = "F151C81D-869A-4585-8086-5F8835AB12E1";
 
 
 class TestCnvSvc
@@ -209,13 +207,14 @@ void test2 (ISvcLocator* svcloc, TestCnvSvc& testsvc)
 int main()
 {
   CxxUtils::ubsan_suppress ([]() {TInterpreter::Instance(); });
-  SGTest::initTestStore();
   ISvcLocator* pSvcLoc = nullptr;
-  if (!Athena_test::initGaudi("test.txt", pSvcLoc)) {
+  if (!Athena_test::initGaudi("AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test.txt", pSvcLoc)) {
     std::cerr << "This test can not be run" << std::endl;
     return 0;
   }
 
+  std::unique_ptr<SGTest::TestStore> testStore = SGTest::getTestStore();
+
   TestCnvSvc* svc = new TestCnvSvc ("AthenaPoolCnvSvc", pSvcLoc);
   ISvcManager* mgr = dynamic_cast<ISvcManager*> (pSvcLoc);
   if (!mgr) std::abort();
diff --git a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/T_AthenaPoolViewVectorCnv_test.cxx b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/T_AthenaPoolViewVectorCnv_test.cxx
index 3ca278d78692c16a578d96d2ba9b9fc825b8bd82..03d9e441712982d54c83594399a62cb27a11ed3b 100644
--- a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/T_AthenaPoolViewVectorCnv_test.cxx
+++ b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/T_AthenaPoolViewVectorCnv_test.cxx
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 /*
   Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
-
-// $Id$
 /**
  * @file AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/T_AthenaPoolViewVectorCnv_test.cxx
  * @author scott snyder <snyder@bnl.gov>
@@ -34,10 +32,10 @@
 using namespace AthenaPoolCnvSvcTest;
 
 
-std::string YCont_v1_guid2 = "7E1826B9-3666-42B3-A2E7-C916BD10A5B8";
-std::string YCont_v2_guid2 = "80C19103-FE9B-4227-8E48-8C0DB468F892";
-std::string YCont_v1_guid = "C5454482-92F6-4EE5-BBAB-44B36D571942";
-std::string YCont_v2_guid = "CA993B46-C358-4F5E-9EE2-3693A8F3CDAF";
+const std::string YCont_v1_guid2 = "7E1826B9-3666-42B3-A2E7-C916BD10A5B8";
+const std::string YCont_v2_guid2 = "80C19103-FE9B-4227-8E48-8C0DB468F892";
+const std::string YCont_v1_guid = "C5454482-92F6-4EE5-BBAB-44B36D571942";
+const std::string YCont_v2_guid = "CA993B46-C358-4F5E-9EE2-3693A8F3CDAF";
 
 
 class ViewVectorBaseTest
@@ -121,11 +119,13 @@ public:
 };
 
 
-void test1 (ISvcLocator* svcloc, TestCnvSvc& testsvc, DataVector<Y_v2>& vec)
+void test1 (ISvcLocator* svcloc,
+            SGTest::TestStore& store,
+            TestCnvSvc& testsvc, DataVector<Y_v2>& vec)
 {
   std::cout << "test1\n";
   SG::sgkey_t sgkey =
-    SGTest::store.stringToKey ("vec", ClassID_traits<DataVector<Y_v2> >::ID());
+    store.stringToKey ("vec", ClassID_traits<DataVector<Y_v2> >::ID());
   T_AthenaPoolCnv<ViewVector<DataVector<Y_v2> > > cnv (svcloc);
   assert (cnv.initialize().isSuccess());
 
@@ -233,13 +233,13 @@ void test2 (ISvcLocator* svcloc, TestCnvSvc& testsvc, DataVector<Y_v2>& vec)
 }
 
 
-DataVector<Y_v2>& makeVecs()
+DataVector<Y_v2>& makeVecs (SGTest::TestStore& store)
 {
   auto vec = std::make_unique<DataVector<Y_v2> >();
   for (size_t i = 0; i < 10; i++)
     vec->push_back (new Y_v2(i));
   DataVector<Y_v2>& ret = *vec.get();
-  SGTest::store.record (vec.release(), "vec");
+  store.record (vec.release(), "vec");
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -247,9 +247,9 @@ DataVector<Y_v2>& makeVecs()
 int main()
 {
   CxxUtils::ubsan_suppress ([]() {TInterpreter::Instance(); });
-  SGTest::initTestStore();
+  std::unique_ptr<SGTest::TestStore> testStore = SGTest::getTestStore();
   ISvcLocator* pSvcLoc = nullptr;
-  if (!Athena_test::initGaudi("test.txt", pSvcLoc)) {
+  if (!Athena_test::initGaudi("AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test.txt", pSvcLoc)) {
     std::cerr << "This test can not be run" << std::endl;
     return 0;
   }
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ int main()
     std::abort();
   
   gSystem->Load("libAthenaPoolCnvSvcTestDict");
-  DataVector<Y_v2>& vec = makeVecs();
-  test1 (pSvcLoc, *svc, vec);
+  DataVector<Y_v2>& vec = makeVecs (*testStore);
+  test1 (pSvcLoc, *testStore, *svc, vec);
   test2 (pSvcLoc, *svc, vec);
 }
 
diff --git a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/T_AthenaPoolxAODCnv_test.cxx b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/T_AthenaPoolxAODCnv_test.cxx
index 5499be0a14925482d341b15aa49ba022fdd3f567..8c85da607c8af48f46874f67383c92b98fd9929a 100644
--- a/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/T_AthenaPoolxAODCnv_test.cxx
+++ b/Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test/T_AthenaPoolxAODCnv_test.cxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 /**
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 using namespace AthenaPoolCnvSvcTest;
 
 
-std::string YCont_v1_guid = "05309E49-5567-4790-BE56-2E541E0B4B24";
-std::string YCont_v2_guid = "0CC6B32E-6C95-4B0E-B97A-9B9040A8A9BE";
+const std::string YCont_v1_guid = "05309E49-5567-4790-BE56-2E541E0B4B24";
+const std::string YCont_v2_guid = "0CC6B32E-6C95-4B0E-B97A-9B9040A8A9BE";
 
 
 class TestCnvSvc
@@ -198,13 +198,14 @@ void test2 (ISvcLocator* svcloc, TestCnvSvc& /*testsvc*/)
 int main()
 {
   CxxUtils::ubsan_suppress ([]() {TInterpreter::Instance(); });
-  SGTest::initTestStore();
   ISvcLocator* pSvcLoc = nullptr;
-  if (!Athena_test::initGaudi("test.txt", pSvcLoc)) {
+  if (!Athena_test::initGaudi("AthenaPoolCnvSvc/test.txt", pSvcLoc)) {
     std::cerr << "This test can not be run" << std::endl;
     return 0;
   }
 
+  std::unique_ptr<SGTest::TestStore> testStore = SGTest::getTestStore();
+
   TestCnvSvc* svc = new TestCnvSvc ("AthenaPoolCnvSvc", pSvcLoc);
   ISvcManager* mgr = dynamic_cast<ISvcManager*> (pSvcLoc);
   if (!mgr) std::abort();