diff --git a/Event/ByteStreamCnvSvc/python/ByteStreamConfig.py b/Event/ByteStreamCnvSvc/python/ByteStreamConfig.py
index 5742bda133db177c2b0aad85e76990052dcb3cbc..7d008b8b9cb8ffdb15dcfb931a1d702ca466e36f 100644
--- a/Event/ByteStreamCnvSvc/python/ByteStreamConfig.py
+++ b/Event/ByteStreamCnvSvc/python/ByteStreamConfig.py
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ def ByteStreamReadCfg( inputFlags, typeNames=[] ):
     proxy.ProviderNames += [ bsAddressProviderSvc.name ]
     acc.addService( proxy )
 
-    bsCnvSvc.InitCnvs += [ "EventInfo",]
-
     return acc
 
 def TrigBSReadCfg(inputFlags):