diff --git a/Database/AthenaPOOL/OutputStreamAthenaPool/python/MultipleStreamManager.py b/Database/AthenaPOOL/OutputStreamAthenaPool/python/MultipleStreamManager.py
index 8886c0392837785e5d19f26dc7d6c16b103a56a3..7fea06f370e4f8022859615d13887c26ac352aec 100644
--- a/Database/AthenaPOOL/OutputStreamAthenaPool/python/MultipleStreamManager.py
+++ b/Database/AthenaPOOL/OutputStreamAthenaPool/python/MultipleStreamManager.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 ##  creation: David Cote (May 2008)                   ##
 ########################################################
 from __future__ import print_function
+import os
 
 class AugmentedStreamBase:
     """This class manages common methods of AugmentedPoolStream and AugmentedByteStream."""
@@ -272,9 +273,7 @@ class AugmentedByteStream( AugmentedStreamBase ):
         svcMgr.ToolSvc += self.bsCopyTool
 
         #default output directory
-        import subprocess
-        cmd='pwd'
-        (statusCode,outDir) = subprocess.getstatusoutput(cmd)
+        outDir = os.getcwd()
         outDir+="/"
 
         # BS output Svc