diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauTrackClassifier.cxx b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauTrackClassifier.cxx
index 707628fa60318be4074d8b67033fcf45c0c9de9f..5150e1ca4ffc76d2e6461baf29144d7792f7c3be 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauTrackClassifier.cxx
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauTrackClassifier.cxx
@@ -37,20 +37,10 @@ StatusCode TauTrackClassifier::initialize()
 {
   ATH_MSG_DEBUG("intialize classifiers");
 
-  #ifdef ROOTCORE
-  for (auto cClassifierName : m_vClassifierNames){
-    tauRecTools::TrackMVABDT* mva_tool = dynamic_cast<tauRecTools::TrackMVABDT*> (asg::ToolStore::get(cClassifierName));
-    ToolHandle< tauRecTools::TrackMVABDT > handle(mva_tool);    
-    m_vClassifier.push_back(handle);    
-    ATH_CHECK(m_vClassifier.back()->initialize());//retrieve() does not seem to work
-  }
-  #else
   for (auto cClassifier : m_vClassifier){
     ATH_MSG_INFO("TauTrackClassifier tool : " << cClassifier );
     ATH_CHECK(cClassifier.retrieve());
   }
-  #endif
-
  
   return StatusCode::SUCCESS;
 }