diff --git a/Event/ByteStreamCnvSvc/python/ByteStreamConfig.py b/Event/ByteStreamCnvSvc/python/ByteStreamConfig.py
index 4da7c633c0f6a79adafa56f85d470edf7bafbf24..ba2f8f51f92ced2d331d0fe624f8ccdef0011400 100644
--- a/Event/ByteStreamCnvSvc/python/ByteStreamConfig.py
+++ b/Event/ByteStreamCnvSvc/python/ByteStreamConfig.py
@@ -46,11 +46,9 @@ def TrigBSReadCfg( inputFlags ):
 
     from IOVDbMetaDataTools.IOVDbMetaDataToolsConf import IOVDbMetaDataTool
     iovMetaDataTool = IOVDbMetaDataTool()
-    acc.addPublicTool( iovMetaDataTool )    
 
     from ByteStreamCnvSvc.ByteStreamCnvSvcConf import ByteStreamMetadataTool
     bsMetaDataTool = ByteStreamMetadataTool()
-    acc.addPublicTool( bsMetaDataTool )
 
     from StoreGate.StoreGateConf import ProxyProviderSvc, StoreGateSvc
     metaDataStore = StoreGateSvc("MetaDataStore")