diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauEleOLRDecorator.cxx b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauEleOLRDecorator.cxx
index 94a6c1157c233ef06bd969a0e3fa728d29f5cf07..33e5dbd1fc4e0cf72db95f92c0796eeea85505d6 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauEleOLRDecorator.cxx
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauEleOLRDecorator.cxx
@@ -60,22 +60,6 @@ StatusCode TauEleOLRDecorator::execute(xAOD::TauJet& tau)
   m_xElectronContainer = electronInHandle.cptr();
   ATH_MSG_DEBUG("  read: " << electronInHandle.key() << " = " << "..." );                                                                                     
   
-  //part of EDM, this check is not necessary
-#ifndef XAODTAU_VERSIONS_TAUJET_V3_H
-  if (!m_bEleOLRMatchAvailableChecked)
-    {
-      m_bEleOLRMatchAvailable = tau.isAvailable<char>("ele_olr_pass");
-      m_bEleOLRMatchAvailableChecked = true;
-      if (m_bEleOLRMatchAvailable)
-  	{
-  	  ATH_MSG_DEBUG("ele_olr_pass decoration is available on first tau processed, switched of processing for further taus.");
-  	  ATH_MSG_DEBUG("If a reprocessing of the electron overlap removal is needed, please pass a shallow copy of the original tau.");
-  	}
-    }
-  if (m_bEleOLRMatchAvailable)
-    return StatusCode::SUCCESS;
-#endif
-
   const xAOD::Electron * xEleMatch = 0;
   float fLHScore = -4.; // default if no match was found
 
@@ -100,46 +84,25 @@ StatusCode TauEleOLRDecorator::execute(xAOD::TauJet& tau)
     fLHScore = m_tEMLHTool->calculate(xEleMatch);
 
   // create link to the matched electron
-  if (xEleMatch)
-    {
-      
-#ifndef XAODTAU_VERSIONS_TAUJET_V3_H
-      ElementLink < xAOD::ElectronContainer > lElectronMatchLink(xEleMatch, *(m_xElectronContainer));
-      tau.auxdecor< ElementLink< xAOD::ElectronContainer > >("electronLink" ) = lElectronMatchLink;
-#else
-      tau.setDetail( xAOD::TauJetParameters::electronLink, xEleMatch, (m_xElectronContainer) );
-#endif
-    }
-  else
-    {
-
-#ifndef XAODTAU_VERSIONS_TAUJET_V3_H
-      ElementLink < xAOD::ElectronContainer > lElectronMatchLink;
-      tau.auxdecor< ElementLink< xAOD::ElectronContainer > >("electronLink" ) = lElectronMatchLink;
-#else
-      tau.setDetail( xAOD::TauJetParameters::electronLink, (const xAOD::IParticle* ) 0 );
-#endif
-    }
+  if (xEleMatch) {
+    tau.setDetail( xAOD::TauJetParameters::electronLink, xEleMatch, (m_xElectronContainer) );
+  }
+  else {
+    tau.setDetail( xAOD::TauJetParameters::electronLink, (const xAOD::IParticle* ) 0 );
+  }
 
   // decorate tau with score
-#ifndef XAODTAU_VERSIONS_TAUJET_V3_H
-  tau.auxdecor< float >( "ele_match_lhscore" ) = fLHScore;
-#else
   tau.setDiscriminant( xAOD::TauJetParameters::EleMatchLikelihoodScore, fLHScore );
-#endif
 
   bool bPass = false;
-  if (tau.nTracks() == 1)
-    bPass = (fLHScore <= getCutVal(tau.track(0)->eta(),
-				   tau.pt()/1000.));
-  else
+  if (tau.nTracks() == 1) {
+    bPass = (fLHScore <= getCutVal(tau.track(0)->eta(), tau.pt()/1000.));
+  }
+  else {
     bPass = true;
-#ifndef XAODTAU_VERSIONS_TAUJET_V3_H
-  tau.auxdecor< char >( "ele_olr_pass" ) = static_cast<char>(bPass);
-#else
-  tau.setIsTau(xAOD::TauJetParameters::PassEleOLR, bPass);
-#endif
+  }
 
+  tau.setIsTau(xAOD::TauJetParameters::PassEleOLR, bPass);
   
   return StatusCode::SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauIDVarCalculator.cxx b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauIDVarCalculator.cxx
index 3bf19f174458bb5a967d626235966b8e9b25ba53..7b7e04386b259575c44de4f064335d3b196d7110 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauIDVarCalculator.cxx
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/Root/TauIDVarCalculator.cxx
@@ -168,11 +168,7 @@ StatusCode TauIDVarCalculator::execute(xAOD::TauJet& tau)
  
   if(tau.nTracks() > 0){
     const xAOD::TrackParticle* track = 0;
-#ifdef XAODTAU_VERSIONS_TAUJET_V3_H
     track = tau.track(0)->track();
-#else
-    track = tau.track(0);
-#endif
     acc_absEtaLead(tau) = fabs( track->eta() );
     acc_leadTrackEta(tau) = fabs( track->eta() );
     acc_absDeltaEta(tau) = fabs( track->eta() - tau.eta() );
diff --git a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/tauRecTools/TauEleOLRDecorator.h b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/tauRecTools/TauEleOLRDecorator.h
index e5461b0cf150056679261c1344ceeda686d29d37..4938fe8fbc755e0bc7ad618fa8f6f2d0ef591c02 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/tauRecTools/TauEleOLRDecorator.h
+++ b/Reconstruction/tauRecTools/tauRecTools/TauEleOLRDecorator.h
@@ -34,20 +34,14 @@ class TauEleOLRDecorator: virtual public TauRecToolBase
   virtual StatusCode finalize() override;
 
  private:
+  float getCutVal(float fEta, float fPt);
+  
+  SG::ReadHandleKey<xAOD::ElectronContainer> m_electronInputContainer{this,"Key_electronInputContainer", "Electrons", "input electron container key"};
   std::unique_ptr<AsgElectronLikelihoodTool> m_tEMLHTool;
   const xAOD::ElectronContainer* m_xElectronContainer;
   bool m_bElectonsAvailable;
   std::string m_sEleOLRFilePath;
   std::unique_ptr<TH2F> m_hCutValues;
-#ifndef XAODTAU_VERSIONS_TAUJET_V3_H
-  bool m_bEleOLRMatchAvailable=false;
-  bool m_bEleOLRMatchAvailableChecked=false;
-#endif
-  
- private:
-  float getCutVal(float fEta, float fPt);
-  
-  SG::ReadHandleKey<xAOD::ElectronContainer> m_electronInputContainer{this,"Key_electronInputContainer", "Electrons", "input electron container key"};
 };
 
 #endif