diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauCalibrateLC.cxx b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauCalibrateLC.cxx
index c5ecda7d2b7b482d8849b5f1d3972880f1eb232b..e0a45e0f390796b36afea55014a3613a7e5d0aa9 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauCalibrateLC.cxx
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauCalibrateLC.cxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2018 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 //tau
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ TauCalibrateLC::TauCalibrateLC(const std::string& name) :
   m_doPtResponse(false),
   m_doAxisCorr(false),
   m_usePantauAxis(false),
-  m_printMissingContainerINFO(true),
   m_isCaloOnly(false)
 {
   declareProperty("ConfigPath", m_configPath);
diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/src/TauPi0CreateROI.h b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/src/TauPi0CreateROI.h
index 916157dce8efe32ca584bd29856705f588af03ff..37228b348fc8c3b79f985a74dda833d846c19598 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/src/TauPi0CreateROI.h
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/src/TauPi0CreateROI.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2018 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 #ifndef TAUREC_TAUPI0CREATEROI_H
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ private:
     const CaloDetDescrManager* m_calo_dd_man;
     const CaloCell_ID* m_calo_id;
   
-    /** @brief output cell container*/ 
-    CaloCellContainer *m_pPi0CellContainer;
-
     /** @brief hash map in order to keep track, which cells have been added to output cell container*/
     std::vector<CaloCell*> m_addedCellsMap;
 
diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/src/TauShotFinder.h b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/src/TauShotFinder.h
index 6c9fe2a9b8fff506269b3c8d441042c689acd8d2..0ef4ed0d6e95d3f43fe1247bf665c69dc9e83c7d 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/src/TauShotFinder.h
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/src/TauShotFinder.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2018 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 #ifndef TAUREC_TAUSHOTFINDER_H
@@ -60,13 +60,7 @@ private:
     /** @brief tool handles */
     ToolHandle<IHadronicCalibrationTool> m_caloWeightTool;
     
-    /** @brief new shot cluster container and name */ 
-    xAOD::CaloClusterContainer* m_shotClusterContainer;
-
     /** @brief new shot PFO container and name */
-    xAOD::PFOContainer* m_PFOShotContainer;
-    xAOD::PFOAuxContainer* m_PFOShotAuxStore;
-    xAOD::CaloClusterAuxContainer* m_shotClusterAuxStore; 
     /** @brief calo cell navigation */
     const CaloDetDescrManager* m_calo_dd_man;
     const CaloCell_ID* m_calo_id;
diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/src/TauVertexFinder.cxx b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/src/TauVertexFinder.cxx
index 0a519a04ceb907c895c2c8ff09868e5e9a0818d8..ec1654e7573692b2059337410c698c7a70444cd7 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/src/TauVertexFinder.cxx
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/src/TauVertexFinder.cxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2018 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 #ifndef XAOD_ANALYSIS
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 TauVertexFinder::TauVertexFinder(const std::string& name ) :
   TauRecToolBase(name),
-  m_printMissingContainerINFO(true),
   m_TrackSelectionToolForTJVA(""),
   m_assocTracksName("")
 {
diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/src/TauVertexFinder.h b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/src/TauVertexFinder.h
index a780b244c6c196528734a126a266ebf6a9703e72..bb65bda3f43be91fd259f28e42fa92791350a4e3 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/src/TauVertexFinder.h
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/src/TauVertexFinder.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2018 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 #ifndef TAUREC_TAUVERTEXFINDER_H
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ private:
   float getJetVertexFraction(const xAOD::Vertex* vertex, const std::vector<const xAOD::TrackParticle*>& tracks) const;      
   
 private:
-  bool m_printMissingContainerINFO;
   ToolHandle< InDet::IInDetTrackSelectionTool > m_TrackSelectionToolForTJVA;
 
   // for online
diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/tauRecTools/TauCalibrateLC.h b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/tauRecTools/TauCalibrateLC.h
index 9024890607ab6f7efc3117d658fe9c4c7228ae8e..74726da21c0d9a5f4004ec8665b40ee981885ba3 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/tauRecTools/TauCalibrateLC.h
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/tauRecTools/TauCalibrateLC.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2018 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 #ifndef TAUREC_TAUCALIBRATELC_H
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ private:
     bool m_countOnlyPileupVertices; //!< switch for counting vertices by nTracks or VxType::PileUp
     bool m_doAxisCorr;   //!< switch for eta correction
     bool m_usePantauAxis; //!< switch for overwriting calo (eta,phi) with Pantau (eta,phi) 
-    bool m_printMissingContainerINFO;
     bool m_isCaloOnly;   //!< switch for CaloOnly corrections
 
     SG::ReadHandleKey<xAOD::VertexContainer> m_vertexInputContainer{this,"Key_vertexInputContainer", "PrimaryVertices", "input vertex container key"};