diff --git a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/share/test_perfMonSvc_baseline_bench.py b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/share/test_perfMonSvc_baseline_bench.py
index cc52650f6290bafcba14bf84248dff09577b2b1e..0f356c97b6296b9a8b9d722cc33164d855b14b98 100755
--- a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/share/test_perfMonSvc_baseline_bench.py
+++ b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/share/test_perfMonSvc_baseline_bench.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ topSequence += AthExThinning__CreateData(
 # Pool Persistency
 #---------------------------------------------------------------
 from AthenaPoolCnvSvc.WriteAthenaPool import AthenaPoolOutputStream
-outStream = AthenaPoolOutputStream("OutStream")
+outStream = AthenaPoolOutputStream("OutStream", noTag=True)
 outStream.ItemList  = [ "EventInfo#McEventInfo"]
 outStream.ItemList += [ "AthExParticles#Particles" ]
 outStream.ItemList += [ "AthExDecay#TwoBodyDecay" ]
diff --git a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/share/test_perfMonSvc_evtgen.py b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/share/test_perfMonSvc_evtgen.py
index 65b3885d0ebe599950d0f2e414bf7405f0c7563f..8622bdf1c62654b283bc0343256e1e956f328a2f 100755
--- a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/share/test_perfMonSvc_evtgen.py
+++ b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/share/test_perfMonSvc_evtgen.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ topSequence += McAodBuilder(
 # Pool Persistency
 #---------------------------------------------------------------
 from AthenaPoolCnvSvc.WriteAthenaPool import AthenaPoolOutputStream
-outStream = AthenaPoolOutputStream("OutStream")
+outStream = AthenaPoolOutputStream("OutStream", noTag=True)
 outStream.ItemList  = [ "EventInfo#McEventInfo"]
 outStream.ItemList += [ "McEventCollection#GEN_EVENT" ]
 outStream.ItemList += [ "McEventCollection#GEN_AOD" ]
diff --git a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/share/test_perfMonSvc_noopalg_write_datahdr.py b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/share/test_perfMonSvc_noopalg_write_datahdr.py
index aa0fb83a595f333fd5b76385c3c189941d1f23e4..6b279d453d7b523ef647a9e61830b42e879b1d1a 100755
--- a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/share/test_perfMonSvc_noopalg_write_datahdr.py
+++ b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/share/test_perfMonSvc_noopalg_write_datahdr.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ topSequence += PerfMonTest__NoopAlg( "NoopAlg" )
 # Pool Persistency
 #---------------------------------------------------------------
 from AthenaPoolCnvSvc.WriteAthenaPool import AthenaPoolOutputStream
-outStream = AthenaPoolOutputStream("OutStream")
+outStream = AthenaPoolOutputStream("OutStream", noTag=True)
 outStream.ItemList  = []
 
 if not 'OUTPUT' in dir():
diff --git a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/share/test_perfMonSvc_noopalg_write_evtinfo.py b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/share/test_perfMonSvc_noopalg_write_evtinfo.py
index dae085ebfee43e9db6450d3985052c5baa1c25a5..ce315e3984c88b0c796ec60cb4ea5184cb234a15 100755
--- a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/share/test_perfMonSvc_noopalg_write_evtinfo.py
+++ b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/share/test_perfMonSvc_noopalg_write_evtinfo.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ topSequence += PerfMonTest__NoopAlg( "NoopAlg" )
 # Pool Persistency
 #---------------------------------------------------------------
 from AthenaPoolCnvSvc.WriteAthenaPool import AthenaPoolOutputStream
-outStream = AthenaPoolOutputStream("OutStream")
+outStream = AthenaPoolOutputStream("OutStream", noTag=True)
 outStream.ItemList  = [ "EventInfo#McEventInfo"]
 
 if not 'OUTPUT' in dir():
diff --git a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestBasicAlg.cxx b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestBasicAlg.cxx
index 3616b6884f409d040f07785ff313d0b130f74185..8357d5308649078e4779367957f7b2133c1b0966 100755
--- a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestBasicAlg.cxx
+++ b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestBasicAlg.cxx
@@ -89,9 +89,6 @@ BasicAlg::~BasicAlg()
 ////////////////////////////
 StatusCode BasicAlg::initialize()
 {
-  // configure our MsgStream
-  msg().setLevel( outputLevel() );
-
   ATH_MSG_INFO ( "Initializing " << name() << "..." ) ;
 
   // Get pointer to StoreGateSvc and cache it :
diff --git a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestCpuCruncherAlg.cxx b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestCpuCruncherAlg.cxx
index caf54a4475948a734e2c677fb92c66b556a68f06..8a6ff92b243699a70a3b6dd026a6167d1f4bf203 100644
--- a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestCpuCruncherAlg.cxx
+++ b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestCpuCruncherAlg.cxx
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ CpuCruncherAlg::~CpuCruncherAlg()
 ////////////////////////////
 StatusCode CpuCruncherAlg::initialize()
 {
-  // configure our MsgStream
-  msg().setLevel( outputLevel() );
-
   ATH_MSG_INFO ( "Initializing " << name() << "..." ) ;
   
   // retrieve random number svc
diff --git a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestErroneousAlg.cxx b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestErroneousAlg.cxx
index 500564ff3427928144ea3b19361ec777717c765a..7c0a0e22495d205d9c11c94d234731eedf0d6517 100644
--- a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestErroneousAlg.cxx
+++ b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestErroneousAlg.cxx
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ ErroneousAlg::~ErroneousAlg()
 ////////////////////////////
 StatusCode ErroneousAlg::initialize()
 {
-  // configure our MsgStream
-  msg().setLevel( outputLevel() );
-
   ATH_MSG_INFO ( "Initializing " << name() << "..." ) ;
   return StatusCode::SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestLeakyAlg.cxx b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestLeakyAlg.cxx
index c0e11e998d728eafea76b31ea32899d2a37eebde..5c33146b40740daea11804a4f15eeb30e2cb6140 100755
--- a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestLeakyAlg.cxx
+++ b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestLeakyAlg.cxx
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ LeakyAlg::~LeakyAlg()
 ////////////////////////////
 StatusCode LeakyAlg::initialize()
 {
-  // configure our MsgStream
-  msg().setLevel( outputLevel() );
-
   ATH_MSG_INFO ( "Initializing " << name() << "..." ) ;
 
   // Get pointer to StoreGateSvc and cache it :
diff --git a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestMallocAlg.cxx b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestMallocAlg.cxx
index f66fe6170da0f3263a1e08158b8c76a3a4b564e8..355a8ec75f1f6ed5ab0d9fc8bd021dc74296fbce 100644
--- a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestMallocAlg.cxx
+++ b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestMallocAlg.cxx
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ MallocAlg::~MallocAlg()
 ////////////////////////////
 StatusCode MallocAlg::initialize()
 {
-  // configure our MsgStream
-  msg().setLevel( outputLevel() );
-
   ATH_MSG_INFO ( "Initializing " << name() << "..." ) ;
   
   return StatusCode::SUCCESS;
diff --git a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestManyLeaksAlg.cxx b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestManyLeaksAlg.cxx
index 148118cf713d1e65d0d4f74e2df6a89ea1416a93..c85af253a76f5571ab1e0e01a3d7a25e759460a3 100755
--- a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestManyLeaksAlg.cxx
+++ b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestManyLeaksAlg.cxx
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ ManyLeaksAlg::~ManyLeaksAlg()
 ////////////////////////////
 StatusCode ManyLeaksAlg::initialize()
 {
-  // configure our MsgStream
-  msg().setLevel( outputLevel() );
-
   ATH_MSG_INFO ( "Initializing " << name() << "..." ) ;
   
   // in m_pointers, we'll store the pointers to the allocated space
diff --git a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestNoopAlg.cxx b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestNoopAlg.cxx
index 80b56b6f13bb3168f7e4d10d1bf96c642dacb4f8..bf53de8b2c228fedbb0cd2560be89c0086607450 100755
--- a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestNoopAlg.cxx
+++ b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/src/PerfMonTestNoopAlg.cxx
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ NoopAlg::~NoopAlg()
 ////////////////////////////
 StatusCode NoopAlg::initialize()
 {
-  // configure our MsgStream
-  msg().setLevel( outputLevel() );
-
   ATH_MSG_INFO ( "Initializing " << name() << "..." ) ;
 
   // Get pointer to StoreGateSvc and cache it :
diff --git a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/test/PerfMonTests.xml b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/test/PerfMonTests.xml
index 383a1263099e3745cda1b203695ee8703b875533..e68154f794fbd75edaa18f5afa6901a20e1d8e87 100755
--- a/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/test/PerfMonTests.xml
+++ b/Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests/test/PerfMonTests.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
       </expectations>
    </TEST>
 
+<!-- Problem running pythia
    <TEST name="EvtGen" type="script" suite="PerfMon">
       <package_atn>Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests</package_atn>
       <options_atn>chappy.py PerfMonTests/atn_test_perfMonSvc_evtgen.py</options_atn>
@@ -91,18 +92,6 @@
          <returnValue>0</returnValue>
       </expectations>
    </TEST>
-
-   <TEST name="TruthJets" type="script" suite="PerfMon">
-      <package_atn>Control/PerformanceMonitoring/PerfMonTests</package_atn>
-      <options_atn>chappy.py PerfMonTests/atn_test_perfMonSvc_truthjets.py</options_atn>
-      <timelimit>10</timelimit>
-      <author> Sebastien Binet </author>
-      <mailto> binet@cern.ch </mailto>
-      <expectations>
-         <successMessage>All tests SUCCESSFULLY completed</successMessage>
-         <errorMessage>ERROR</errorMessage>
-         <returnValue>0</returnValue>
-      </expectations>
-   </TEST>
+-->
 
 </atn>