diff --git a/Tracking/TrkDetDescr/TrkDetDescrSvc/src/TrackingGeometrySvc.cxx b/Tracking/TrkDetDescr/TrkDetDescrSvc/src/TrackingGeometrySvc.cxx
index a58cb229e50ba086eab1d88fc6626517be4fdeeb..51d552db99908270c207b57163a865db41f71b7a 100755
--- a/Tracking/TrkDetDescr/TrkDetDescrSvc/src/TrackingGeometrySvc.cxx
+++ b/Tracking/TrkDetDescr/TrkDetDescrSvc/src/TrackingGeometrySvc.cxx
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ Trk::TrackingGeometrySvc::~TrackingGeometrySvc()
 /** Initialize Service */
 StatusCode Trk::TrackingGeometrySvc::initialize()
 {
+  m_autoRetrieveTools = false;
+  m_checkToolDeps = false;
+  
   // get the DetectorStore
   ATH_CHECK( service("DetectorStore", m_pDetStore ) );