diff --git a/Generators/TruthIO/TruthIO/ReadHepEvtFromAscii.h b/Generators/TruthIO/TruthIO/ReadHepEvtFromAscii.h
index 69dc3c944dfbc6904cb3c615d4a07edc9fbeb79f..94d73de726d137b1a840c89039c7c06e6d384e76 100644
--- a/Generators/TruthIO/TruthIO/ReadHepEvtFromAscii.h
+++ b/Generators/TruthIO/TruthIO/ReadHepEvtFromAscii.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ public:
 private:
 
   StoreGateSvc* m_sgSvc;
-  HepMC::IO_GenEvent* m_ascii_in;
   
   // Setable Properties:-
   std::string m_key; 
diff --git a/Generators/TruthIO/src/ReadHepEvtFromAscii.cxx b/Generators/TruthIO/src/ReadHepEvtFromAscii.cxx
index 54944999f1b55684c298eb659e6eac7426e78038..4fa18d7b52004e34b821669b7c8781b53d8cbfee 100644
--- a/Generators/TruthIO/src/ReadHepEvtFromAscii.cxx
+++ b/Generators/TruthIO/src/ReadHepEvtFromAscii.cxx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 ReadHepEvtFromAscii::ReadHepEvtFromAscii(const std::string& name, ISvcLocator* pSvcLocator) 
   :  AthAlgorithm(name, pSvcLocator),
-     m_sgSvc(0), m_ascii_in(0)
+     m_sgSvc(0)
 {
   // Set users' request
   declareProperty("McEventKey",  m_key        = "GEN_EVENT");
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ StatusCode ReadHepEvtFromAscii::initialize(){
   HepMC::HEPEVT_Wrapper::set_max_number_entries(10000);
   
   // Initialize input file
-//  m_ascii_in = new HepMC::IO_Ascii(m_input_file.c_str(), std::ios::in);
   int ifile=5;
   closefile_(ifile);
   openfile_(ifile,m_input_file.c_str(),m_input_file.size());