diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauMonitoring/src/tauMonitorAlgorithm.cxx b/Reconstruction/tauMonitoring/src/tauMonitorAlgorithm.cxx
index 66e5ca3455ce5e3294d00747f5d01b9adae3e451..33ab3be9e109d26fa978d0bc41556e8a9076671e 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/tauMonitoring/src/tauMonitorAlgorithm.cxx
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauMonitoring/src/tauMonitorAlgorithm.cxx
@@ -6,13 +6,7 @@
 
 tauMonitorAlgorithm::tauMonitorAlgorithm( const std::string& name, ISvcLocator* pSvcLocator )
 :AthMonitorAlgorithm(name,pSvcLocator)
-,m_doRandom(true)
-{
-   declareProperty("TauRecContainer", m_TauContainerKey="TauJets");
-   declareProperty("etaMin", m_etaMin=-1000.);
-   declareProperty("etaMax", m_etaMax=1000);
-   declareProperty("kinGroupName", m_kinGroupName="tauMonKinGroupBA");
-}
+,m_doRandom(true) {}
 
 
 tauMonitorAlgorithm::~tauMonitorAlgorithm() {}