diff --git a/Tracking/TrkEvent/TrkEventPrimitives/TrkEventPrimitives/LocalDirection.h b/Tracking/TrkEvent/TrkEventPrimitives/TrkEventPrimitives/LocalDirection.h
index 3219de3b80fc8414d64678592b0dae09b8120d4e..3a850b9062b9d3fcbb9377c0c662739519c81a00 100755
--- a/Tracking/TrkEvent/TrkEventPrimitives/TrkEventPrimitives/LocalDirection.h
+++ b/Tracking/TrkEvent/TrkEventPrimitives/TrkEventPrimitives/LocalDirection.h
@@ -70,20 +70,13 @@ namespace Trk {
   class LocalDirection {
 
   public: 
-    /** Default ctor - needed by POOL */
-    LocalDirection();
     
-    /** copy constructor */
-    LocalDirection(const LocalDirection& err);
-
-    /** constructors with parameters */
-    LocalDirection(double alphaXZ, double betaYZ);
-
-    /** destructor, virtual as other classes may inherit */
-    virtual ~LocalDirection();
+    LocalDirection() {};
     
-    /** assignment operator */
-    LocalDirection& operator=(const LocalDirection &err);
+    LocalDirection(double axz, double ayz) : 
+	m_angleXZ(axz),
+        m_angleYZ(ayz) 
+    {}	
 
     /** access method for angle of local XZ projection */ 
     const double& angleXZ() const;
@@ -91,10 +84,9 @@ namespace Trk {
     /** access method for angle of local YZ projection */ 
     const double& angleYZ() const;
 
-
   protected:
-    double m_angleXZ;
-    double m_angleYZ;
+    double m_angleXZ = 0.;
+    double m_angleYZ = 0.;
 
   };
 
diff --git a/Tracking/TrkEvent/TrkEventPrimitives/src/LocalDirection.cxx b/Tracking/TrkEvent/TrkEventPrimitives/src/LocalDirection.cxx
index e1d82dfbf8e313bb17691c001ceba88d62538316..86cfa90f0f49e71b3190c92a6f5e8cf05c38b332 100755
--- a/Tracking/TrkEvent/TrkEventPrimitives/src/LocalDirection.cxx
+++ b/Tracking/TrkEvent/TrkEventPrimitives/src/LocalDirection.cxx
@@ -10,33 +10,6 @@
 //Gaudi
 #include "GaudiKernel/MsgStream.h"
 
-Trk::LocalDirection::LocalDirection() :
- m_angleXZ(0.),
- m_angleYZ(0.)
-{}
-
-Trk::LocalDirection::LocalDirection(double axz, double ayz) :
- m_angleXZ(axz),
- m_angleYZ(ayz)
-{}
-
-Trk::LocalDirection::LocalDirection(const LocalDirection& locdir) :
- m_angleXZ(locdir.m_angleXZ),
- m_angleYZ(locdir.m_angleYZ)
-{}
-
-
-Trk::LocalDirection::~LocalDirection()
-{}
-
-Trk::LocalDirection& Trk::LocalDirection::operator=(const Trk::LocalDirection& rhs)
-{
-    if (this != &rhs){
-        m_angleXZ   = rhs.m_angleXZ;
-        m_angleYZ   = rhs.m_angleYZ;
-    }
-    return(*this);
-}
 
 /**Overload of << operator for both, MsgStream and std::ostream for debug output*/ 
 MsgStream& Trk::operator << ( MsgStream& ls, const Trk::LocalDirection& lom)