diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetRecTools/TRT_ElectronPidTools/src/TRT_ElectronPidTool.cxx b/InnerDetector/InDetRecTools/TRT_ElectronPidTools/src/TRT_ElectronPidTool.cxx
index 9e87c5ad2d0a6061a7b9d80719575887589804f0..c8c6d654d96a7ae6bbd741f421f2ccef79d6d2f6 100644
--- a/InnerDetector/InDetRecTools/TRT_ElectronPidTools/src/TRT_ElectronPidTool.cxx
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetRecTools/TRT_ElectronPidTools/src/TRT_ElectronPidTool.cxx
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ InDet::TRT_ElectronPidTool::electronProbability(const Trk::Track& track) const
     if(sum_ToT_by_sum_L>0 && nHits>0){
       // correct for data/MC normalisation
       // unfortunately vertex container not yet available here so pileup correction not applied
-      ITRT_ToT_dEdx::EGasType gasType;
       sum_ToT_by_sum_L*= m_TRTdEdxTool->correctNormalization(true,m_DATA);
       prob_El_ToT = m_TRTdEdxTool->getTest(sum_ToT_by_sum_L, pTrk,  Trk::electron,  Trk::pion, nHits);
     }
diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetRecTools/TRT_ElectronPidTools/src/TRT_ElectronPidToolRun2.cxx b/InnerDetector/InDetRecTools/TRT_ElectronPidTools/src/TRT_ElectronPidToolRun2.cxx
index b7a6d354b95f6d154a249d763dca99e00ca19045..e6bb9a45158488abb535f7f66f5dc80cf1191307 100644
--- a/InnerDetector/InDetRecTools/TRT_ElectronPidTools/src/TRT_ElectronPidToolRun2.cxx
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetRecTools/TRT_ElectronPidTools/src/TRT_ElectronPidToolRun2.cxx
@@ -403,7 +403,6 @@ InDet::TRT_ElectronPidToolRun2::electronProbability(const Trk::Track& track) con
 
   // Jared - ToT Implementation
   dEdx = m_TRTdEdxTool->dEdx( &track, true, false, true); // Divide by L, exclude HT hits 
-  ITRT_ToT_dEdx::EGasType gasType;
   double usedHits = m_TRTdEdxTool->usedHits( &track, true, false);
   prob_El_ToT = m_TRTdEdxTool->getTest( dEdx, pTrk, Trk::electron, Trk::pion, usedHits, true );