diff --git a/Trigger/TrigSteer/DecisionHandling/DecisionHandling/HypoBase.h b/Trigger/TrigSteer/DecisionHandling/DecisionHandling/HypoBase.h
index dfbb61fcbd841b126100994b91de23ed700095a5..e7d32cc93072cf82264fff5cc70fc485d08d07ec 100644
--- a/Trigger/TrigSteer/DecisionHandling/DecisionHandling/HypoBase.h
+++ b/Trigger/TrigSteer/DecisionHandling/DecisionHandling/HypoBase.h
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ This is a base class for HLT Hypos to reduce boilerplate and enforce the common
   virtual ~HypoBase(); 
   /// initialise this base class and renounce input decision key handles
   virtual StatusCode sysInitialize() override;
-  /// execute to be implemented in derived clas
-  virtual StatusCode execute(const EventContext&) const override = 0;
-  virtual StatusCode finalize() override = 0;
-  virtual StatusCode initialize() override = 0;
 
  protected:
   /// methods for derived classes to access handles of the base class input and output decisions; other read/write handles may be implemented by derived classes
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigSteer/DecisionHandling/DecisionHandling/InputMakerBase.h b/Trigger/TrigSteer/DecisionHandling/DecisionHandling/InputMakerBase.h
index 10d56a39c905e6f62cdd9cf5dd687950d68b8466..a2192e62790335eefbf36b965003ce0c06790e84 100644
--- a/Trigger/TrigSteer/DecisionHandling/DecisionHandling/InputMakerBase.h
+++ b/Trigger/TrigSteer/DecisionHandling/DecisionHandling/InputMakerBase.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2018 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 #ifndef DECISIONHANDLING_INPUTMAKERBASE_H
@@ -24,11 +24,7 @@ This is a base class for HLT InputMakers to reduce boilerplate and enforce the c
   virtual ~InputMakerBase(); 
   /// initialise this base class and renounce input decision key handles
   virtual StatusCode sysInitialize() override;
-  /// execute to be implemented in derived clas
-  virtual StatusCode execute(const EventContext&) const override = 0;
-  virtual StatusCode finalize() override = 0;
-  virtual StatusCode initialize() override = 0;
-  
+
  protected:
   /// methods for derived classes to access handles of the base class input and output decisions; other read/write handles may be implemented by derived classes
   const SG::ReadHandleKeyArray<TrigCompositeUtils::DecisionContainer>& decisionInputs() const;