diff --git a/Trigger/TrigValidation/TrigAnalysisTest/test/test_mc_pp_v7_trigdecisiontool_grid.sh b/Trigger/TrigValidation/TrigAnalysisTest/test/test_mc_pp_v7_trigdecisiontool_grid.sh
index 26b67fc32b6500dab1ea06e812a67bc32252b3a2..c571290406b5dd592a2e4a09c14df700a51ee5dd 100755
--- a/Trigger/TrigValidation/TrigAnalysisTest/test/test_mc_pp_v7_trigdecisiontool_grid.sh
+++ b/Trigger/TrigValidation/TrigAnalysisTest/test/test_mc_pp_v7_trigdecisiontool_grid.sh
@@ -31,4 +31,7 @@ export DS='["/cvmfs/atlas-nightlies.cern.ch/repo/data/data-art/TrigAnalysisTest/
 athena.py -c "RunningRTT=TRUE;jp.AthenaCommonFlags.PoolAODInput=${DS};DetDescrVersion='ATLAS-R2-2015-03-01-00'" -b TrigAnalysisTest/testAthenaTrigAOD_TrigDecTool.py | tee ${JOB_LOG}
 echo "art-result: ${PIPESTATUS[0]} ${JOB_LOG%%.*}"
 
+export SKIP_CHAIN_DUMP=1
+echo "trigedm SKIP_CHAIN_DUMP" $[SKIP_CHAIN_DUMP]
+
 source exec_art_triggertest_post.sh
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigValidation/TrigAnalysisTest/test/test_mc_pp_v7_trigedm_grid.sh b/Trigger/TrigValidation/TrigAnalysisTest/test/test_mc_pp_v7_trigedm_grid.sh
index 995bd2c464a826bcd771e3c581f21b68612425ea..8f2e084f0c68a002a87243832c655e25db640e08 100755
--- a/Trigger/TrigValidation/TrigAnalysisTest/test/test_mc_pp_v7_trigedm_grid.sh
+++ b/Trigger/TrigValidation/TrigAnalysisTest/test/test_mc_pp_v7_trigedm_grid.sh
@@ -31,4 +31,6 @@ export DS='["/cvmfs/atlas-nightlies.cern.ch/repo/data/data-art/TrigAnalysisTest/
 athena.py -c "RunningRTT=TRUE;jp.AthenaCommonFlags.PoolAODInput=${DS};DetDescrVersion='ATLAS-R2-2015-03-01-00'" -b TrigAnalysisTest/testAthenaTrigAOD_TrigEDMCheck.py | tee ${JOB_LOG}
 echo "art-result: ${PIPESTATUS[0]} ${JOB_LOG%%.*}"
 
+export SKIP_CHAIN_DUMP=1
+echo "trigedm SKIP_CHAIN_DUMP" $[SKIP_CHAIN_DUMP]
 source exec_art_triggertest_post.sh
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigValidation/TriggerTest/test/exec_art_triggertest_post.sh b/Trigger/TrigValidation/TriggerTest/test/exec_art_triggertest_post.sh
index c27a4b22db50baadb34750cc2adb208a9944c7cb..7830134f51cc60c21185604e03b7e8a339267d1c 100755
--- a/Trigger/TrigValidation/TriggerTest/test/exec_art_triggertest_post.sh
+++ b/Trigger/TrigValidation/TriggerTest/test/exec_art_triggertest_post.sh
@@ -60,22 +60,27 @@ else
   echo $(date "+%FT%H:%M %Z")"     file trig_cost.root does not exist thus RunTrigCostD3PD will not be run"
 fi
 
-echo $(date "+%FT%H:%M %Z")"     Running check for zero L1, HLT or TE counts"
-export COUNT_EXIT=0
-if [[ `sed 's|.*\(.* \)|\1|' L1AV.txt | sed 's/^[ \t]*//' |  sed '/^0/'d | wc -l` == 0 ]]; then 
-  echo "L1 counts   ERROR  : all entires are ZERO please consult L1AV.txt"
-  (( COUNT_EXIT = COUNT_EXIT || 1 ))
-fi
-if [[ `sed 's|.*\(.* \)|\1|' HLTChain.txt | sed 's/^[ \t]*//' |  sed '/^0/'d | wc -l` == 0 ]]; then 
-  echo "HLTChain counts   ERROR  : all entires are ZERO please consult HLTChain.txt"
-  (( COUNT_EXIT = COUNT_EXIT || 1 ))
-fi
-if [[ `sed 's|.*\(.* \)|\1|' HLTTE.txt | sed 's/^[ \t]*//' |  sed '/^0/'d | wc -l` == 0 ]]; then 
-  echo "HLTTE counts   ERROR  : all entires are ZERO please consult HLTTE.txt"
-  (( COUNT_EXIT = COUNT_EXIT || 1 ))
-fi
-echo "art-result: ${COUNT_EXIT} ZeroCounts"
 
+echo "trigedm SKIP_CHAIN_DUMP" $[SKIP_CHAIN_DUMP]
+if [ $[SKIP_CHAIN_DUMP] != 1 ]; then 
+   echo $(date "+%FT%H:%M %Z")"     Running check for zero L1, HLT or TE counts"
+   export COUNT_EXIT=0
+   if [[ `sed 's|.*\(.* \)|\1|' L1AV.txt | sed 's/^[ \t]*//' |  sed '/^0/'d | wc -l` == 0 ]]; then 
+      echo "L1 counts   ERROR  : all entires are ZERO please consult L1AV.txt"
+     (( COUNT_EXIT = COUNT_EXIT || 1 ))
+   fi
+   if [[ `sed 's|.*\(.* \)|\1|' HLTChain.txt | sed 's/^[ \t]*//' |  sed '/^0/'d | wc -l` == 0 ]]; then 
+      echo "HLTChain counts   ERROR  : all entires are ZERO please consult HLTChain.txt"
+      (( COUNT_EXIT = COUNT_EXIT || 1 ))
+   fi
+   if [[ `sed 's|.*\(.* \)|\1|' HLTTE.txt | sed 's/^[ \t]*//' |  sed '/^0/'d | wc -l` == 0 ]]; then 
+      echo "HLTTE counts   ERROR  : all entires are ZERO please consult HLTTE.txt"
+      (( COUNT_EXIT = COUNT_EXIT || 1 ))
+   fi
+   echo "art-result: ${COUNT_EXIT} ZeroCounts"
+else
+  echo $(date "+%FT%H:%M %Z")"    Do not run ZERO counts for this test, SKIP_CHAIN_DUMP=1"
+fi
 
 if [ -f ESD.pool.root ]; then 
   echo $(date "+%FT%H:%M %Z")"     Running CheckFile on ESD"