diff --git a/TileCalorimeter/TileSimAlgs/TileSimAlgs/TileHitVecToCntTool.h b/TileCalorimeter/TileSimAlgs/TileSimAlgs/TileHitVecToCntTool.h
index 6a2d564cd7b17e49b963be1b512bd79567df34a5..fa3f0d0525305535c99cdd1fb39d3f20b761d091 100644
--- a/TileCalorimeter/TileSimAlgs/TileSimAlgs/TileHitVecToCntTool.h
+++ b/TileCalorimeter/TileSimAlgs/TileSimAlgs/TileHitVecToCntTool.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 //**************************************************************************
@@ -139,9 +139,6 @@ class TileHitVecToCntTool: public PileUpToolBase {
     TileHitNonConstContainer* m_hits;          //!< pointer to hits container
     TileHitNonConstContainer* m_hits_DigiHSTruth;   //!< pointer to hits container
 
-    bool m_doChecks;                             //!< initial value of do_checks flag in TileID helper
-    bool m_doChecksTB;                          //!< initial value of do_checks flag in TileTBID helper
-
     int m_mbtsOffset;                           //<! index of first MBTS hit in m_allHits vector
     static const int N_SIDE = 2;
     static const int N_PHI = 8;
diff --git a/TileCalorimeter/TileSimAlgs/src/TileHitVecToCntTool.cxx b/TileCalorimeter/TileSimAlgs/src/TileHitVecToCntTool.cxx
index 17ca06f668b6b44a6f863cc25a1f3abd80534b23..b78f6245c41b7240f4e81bef79c608625b977c36 100644
--- a/TileCalorimeter/TileSimAlgs/src/TileHitVecToCntTool.cxx
+++ b/TileCalorimeter/TileSimAlgs/src/TileHitVecToCntTool.cxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 //************************************************************
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ TileHitVecToCntTool::TileHitVecToCntTool(const std::string& type,
     , m_rndmSvc("AtRndmGenSvc",name)
     , m_hits(0)
     , m_hits_DigiHSTruth(0)
-    , m_doChecks(false)
-    , m_doChecksTB(false)
     , m_mbtsOffset(0)
     , m_cablingSvc("TileCablingSvc", name)
     , m_cabling(0)
@@ -365,12 +363,6 @@ StatusCode TileHitVecToCntTool::createContainers() {
 
   }
 
-  // disable checks for TileID and remember previous state
-  m_doChecks = m_tileID->do_checks();
-  m_tileID->set_do_checks(false);
-  m_doChecksTB = m_tileTBID->do_checks();
-  m_tileTBID->set_do_checks(false);
-
   ATH_MSG_VERBOSE("TileHitVecToCntTool createContainers finished");
 
   return StatusCode::SUCCESS;
@@ -942,9 +934,6 @@ StatusCode TileHitVecToCntTool::mergeEvent() {
     //                    << " eHitTot=" << eHitTot );
   }
 
-  m_tileID->set_do_checks(m_doChecks); // set back this flag to TileID
-  m_tileTBID->set_do_checks(m_doChecksTB); // set back this flag to TileTBID
-
   if (m_run2) {
     // Merge MBTS and E1 where it is needed.