diff --git a/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigTauRec/src/TrigTauRecMerged.cxx b/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigTauRec/src/TrigTauRecMerged.cxx
index e1169bab8eeb150f534c479221297ac945ce1d8b..4eb3949c3292cd07150f934efb6c62134dd97886 100755
--- a/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigTauRec/src/TrigTauRecMerged.cxx
+++ b/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigTauRec/src/TrigTauRecMerged.cxx
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ TrigTauRecMerged::TrigTauRecMerged(const std::string& name,ISvcLocator* pSvcLoca
   m_outputName("TrigTauRecMerged"),
   m_tools(this),
   m_endtools(this),
-  m_lumiTool("LuminosityTool"),
   m_lumiBlockMuTool("LumiBlockMuTool/LumiBlockMuTool"),
   m_maxeta( 2.5 ),
   m_minpt( 10000 ),
@@ -87,8 +86,7 @@ TrigTauRecMerged::TrigTauRecMerged(const std::string& name,ISvcLocator* pSvcLoca
   /** cone for trk seed  */
   declareProperty("trkcone",m_trkcone,"max distance track seed from roi center");
   
-  /** Luminosity tools - first is deprecated but kept in case of need  */
-  declareProperty("LuminosityTool", m_lumiTool, "Luminosity Tool");
+  /** Luminosity tools */
   declareProperty("LumiBlockMuTool", m_lumiBlockMuTool, "Luminosity Tool" );
   
   /** number of cells in ROI */
@@ -294,14 +292,6 @@ HLT::ErrorCode TrigTauRecMerged::hltInitialize()
     }
   }
 
-  m_lumiTool.disable();   // never used?
-  // // Try to retrieve the lumi tool
-  // if (m_lumiTool.retrieve().isFailure()) {                                     
-  //   msg() << MSG::WARNING << "Unable to retrieve Luminosity Tool" << endmsg;     
-  // } else {                                                                     
-  //   msg() << MSG::DEBUG << "Successfully retrieved Luminosity Tool" << endmsg; 
-  // }                                                                            
-
   if (m_lumiBlockMuTool.retrieve().isFailure()) {                                     
     ATH_MSG_WARNING( "Unable to retrieve LumiBlockMuTool" );
   } else {                                                                     
@@ -554,14 +544,6 @@ HLT::ErrorCode TrigTauRecMerged::hltExecute(const HLT::TriggerElement* inputTE,
   //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // Get the online luminosity                                                                                                               
   //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  // double mu = 0.0;
-  // double avg_mu = 0.0;
-  // mu = m_lumiTool->lbLuminosityPerBCID() / m_lumiTool->muToLumi(); // (retrieve mu for the current BCID)                                             
-  // avg_mu = m_lumiTool->lbAverageInteractionsPerCrossing();
-  // msg() << MSG::DEBUG << "REGTEST: lbLuminosityPerBCID : " << m_lumiTool->lbLuminosityPerBCID() << endmsg;
-  // msg() << MSG::DEBUG << "REGTEST: muToLumi            : " << m_lumiTool->muToLumi() << endmsg;
-  // msg() << MSG::DEBUG << "REGTEST: Retrieved Mu Value  : " << mu << endmsg;
-  // msg() << MSG::DEBUG << "REGTEST: Average Mu Value    : " << avg_mu << endmsg;
 
   double mu = 0.0;
   double avg_mu = 0.0;
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigTauRec/src/TrigTauRecMerged.h b/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigTauRec/src/TrigTauRecMerged.h
index 01a9f242e7fe6984867bf6cd25c66d8d2dca6da5..8960fc0766e527a8c991df846b51a9ace42e18d1 100755
--- a/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigTauRec/src/TrigTauRecMerged.h
+++ b/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigTauRec/src/TrigTauRecMerged.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "tauRecTools/ITauToolBase.h"
 #include "tauRecTools/TauJetRNNEvaluator.h"
 
-#include "LumiBlockComps/ILuminosityTool.h" 
 #include "BeamSpotConditionsData/BeamSpotData.h"
 
 
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ class TrigTauRecMerged: public HLT::FexAlgo {
   ToolHandleArray<ITauToolBase>  m_endtools;
 
   /** Luminosity Tool */
-  ToolHandle<ILuminosityTool>  m_lumiTool; 
   ToolHandle<ILumiBlockMuTool> m_lumiBlockMuTool;
 
   /** Beam spot service */
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigTauRec/src/TrigTauRecMergedMT.h b/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigTauRec/src/TrigTauRecMergedMT.h
index 9450875f54a3d3bdff091f7fad9468dc170598e9..c836a644a8c771b4620b2a706bf7c3003a98f9ed 100755
--- a/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigTauRec/src/TrigTauRecMergedMT.h
+++ b/Trigger/TrigAlgorithms/TrigTauRec/src/TrigTauRecMergedMT.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include "tauRecTools/ITauToolBase.h"
 
-#include "LumiBlockComps/ILuminosityTool.h" 
 #include "BeamSpotConditionsData/BeamSpotData.h"
 
 #include "TrigSteeringEvent/TrigRoiDescriptor.h"