diff --git a/Trigger/TrigValidation/TrigUpgradeTest/python/EmuStepProcessingConfig.py b/Trigger/TrigValidation/TrigUpgradeTest/python/EmuStepProcessingConfig.py
index 6a0126eb5ba4fc14f793efa23f5b2c850b674113..eedfbce25f172727b2c8c6829fc6f36bf992d505 100644
--- a/Trigger/TrigValidation/TrigUpgradeTest/python/EmuStepProcessingConfig.py
+++ b/Trigger/TrigValidation/TrigUpgradeTest/python/EmuStepProcessingConfig.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from AthenaCommon.AlgScheduler import AlgScheduler
 from AthenaCommon.CFElements import parOR
 from AthenaCommon.Logging import logging
-from L1Decoder.L1DecoderConf import CTPUnpackingEmulationTool, RoIsUnpackingEmulationTool, L1Decoder, PrescalingEmulationTool
+from L1Decoder.L1DecoderConf import CTPUnpackingEmulationTool, RoIsUnpackingEmulationTool, L1Decoder
 from TriggerMenuMT.HLTMenuConfig.Menu.MenuComponents import EmptyMenuSequence
 log = logging.getLogger('EmuStepProcessingConfig')
 
@@ -170,8 +170,6 @@ def generateL1DecoderAndChains():
     if doCombo:
         emptySeq1 = EmptyMenuSequence("step1EmptySeqence")
         emptySeq2 = EmptyMenuSequence("step2EmptySeqence")
-        emptySeq3 = EmptyMenuSequence("step3EmptySeqence")
-        emptySeq4 = EmptyMenuSequence("step4EmptySeqence")
         if not doElectron:
             from TrigUpgradeTest.HLTSignatureConfig import elMenuSequence        
             el11 = elMenuSequence(step="1",reconame="v1", hyponame="v1")    
diff --git a/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenuMT/python/HLTMenuConfig/Menu/ChainMerging.py b/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenuMT/python/HLTMenuConfig/Menu/ChainMerging.py
index a53d8e63ddf50995e5595398fcae7027e3ce64d0..d9b38c02be58c63bfd59e6e8edc02131d08b221f 100644
--- a/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenuMT/python/HLTMenuConfig/Menu/ChainMerging.py
+++ b/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenuMT/python/HLTMenuConfig/Menu/ChainMerging.py
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ def serial_zip(allSteps, chainName):
             #stepList[chain_index] = step
             
             newsteps.append(stepList)
-    log.info('After serial_zip')
+    log.debug('After serial_zip')
     for s in newsteps:
-        print s
+        log.debug( s )
     return newsteps
 
 def mergeSerial(chainDefList):
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def mergeSerial(chainDefList):
 def makeChainSteps(steps, stepNumber):
     from copy import deepcopy
     from TrigCompositeUtils.TrigCompositeUtils import legName
-    stepName = ''
+    stepName = 'merged_Step' + str(stepNumber)
     stepSeq = []
     stepMult = []
     log.verbose(" steps %s ", steps)
@@ -175,11 +175,9 @@ def makeChainSteps(steps, stepNumber):
 
 
         currentStep = step.name
-        stepNameParts = currentStep.split('_')
 
         # the step naming for combined chains needs to be revisted!!
-        stepName = "merged_Step" + str(stepNumber) + '_' + currentStep
-        #stepName += '_' +step.name
+        stepName += '_' + currentStep
         if len(step.sequences):
             seq = step.sequences[0]
             stepSeq.append(seq)