diff --git a/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerJobOpts/python/HLTTriggerGetter.py b/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerJobOpts/python/HLTTriggerGetter.py
index f4cfb67c00b7a58b1fc49ea1deb959353540f061..e8058e8941343ee4eac90c5fa9ba7c07819de071 100644
--- a/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerJobOpts/python/HLTTriggerGetter.py
+++ b/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerJobOpts/python/HLTTriggerGetter.py
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class HLTSimulationGetter(Configured):
                 TrigSteer_HLT = ReruningTrigSteer_HLT('TrigSteer_HLT', hltFile=TriggerFlags.inputHLTconfigFile(), lvl1File=TriggerFlags.inputLVL1configFile())             
                 
             # TrigSteer_HLT.doL1TopoSimulation = TriggerFlags.doL1Topo() # this later needs to be extented to also run when we take data with L1Topo
-            TrigSteer_HLT.doL1TopoSimulation = True # always needs to run if the HLT is simulated
+            TrigSteer_HLT.doL1TopoSimulation = False # always needs to run if the HLT is simulated
             if hasattr(TrigSteer_HLT.LvlTopoConverter, 'MuonInputProvider'):
 
                 try: # this is temporary until TrigT1Muctpi-00-06-29 is in the release
diff --git a/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenu/python/tau/generateTauChainDefs.py b/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenu/python/tau/generateTauChainDefs.py
index 9a5b66e009cbb6b6831011a321ddc6bc0a008927..fec8226dacaa902b17e35171631da6b2480e4a3f 100755
--- a/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenu/python/tau/generateTauChainDefs.py
+++ b/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenu/python/tau/generateTauChainDefs.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def _addTopoInfo(theChainDef,chainDict,doAtL2AndEF=False):
     L2ChainName = "L2_" + chainDict['chainName']
 
     topoThresh = chainDict['topoThreshold']
-    topoStartFrom = setupTopoStartFrom(topoThresh,theChainDef) if topoThresh else None
+    topoStartFrom = None # setupTopoStartFrom(topoThresh,theChainDef) if topoThresh else None
 
     topoAlgs = chainDict["topo"]