diff --git a/Control/AthenaPython/python/PyAthenaComps.py b/Control/AthenaPython/python/PyAthenaComps.py
index 95f8d64c24b025f3a86d357bce97f608cc697e3b..b2e421fc406640c092ecdf5dc42c0fcd38b33df3 100644
--- a/Control/AthenaPython/python/PyAthenaComps.py
+++ b/Control/AthenaPython/python/PyAthenaComps.py
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ class Alg( CfgPyAlgorithm ):
     should be overridden.
     """
     def __init__(self, name = None, **kw):
-        # Needed to prevent spurious root errors about streams in CreateRealData.
-        import ROOT
-        ROOT.GaudiPython.CallbackStreamBuf
-
         if name is None: name = kw.get('name', self.__class__.__name__)
         ## init base class
         super(Alg, self).__init__(name, **kw)