diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigServices/share/MessageSvc.py b/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigServices/share/MessageSvc.py
index cde14a414ff5d94c9811eb1a9ea1290dd0a5d6d8..dd17ca5e0bbf8c2b36af7b6a0b5b4c81ee86f8e7 100644
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigServices/share/MessageSvc.py
+++ b/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigServices/share/MessageSvc.py
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ from AthenaCommon.Constants import *
 # make the message service available
 svcMgr.MessageSvc = theApp.service( "MessageSvc" )     # already instantiated
 MessageSvc = svcMgr.MessageSvc
-
-MessageSvc.OutputLevel  = OutputLevel
+MessageSvc.OutputLevel = theApp.OutputLevel
 
 # Use color for different message levels
 # --------------------------------------
@@ -38,10 +37,7 @@ MessageSvc.errorLimit   = 0
 MessageSvc.fatalLimit   = 0
 
 # set message limit to unlimited when general DEBUG is requested
-if (("OutputLevel" in dir()) and (OutputLevel<=DEBUG)) :
-    MessageSvc.defaultLimit = 0
-    MessageSvc.enableSuppression = False
-if (("HLTOutputLevel" in dir()) and (HLTOutputLevel<=DEBUG)) :
+if MessageSvc.OutputLevel<=DEBUG :
     MessageSvc.defaultLimit = 0
     MessageSvc.enableSuppression = False
 
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigServices/share/TrigServicesEventLoopMgr.py b/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigServices/share/TrigServicesEventLoopMgr.py
index 4ee0949303cc82279719e9253bfb6f2b6d10373e..c4f65529f9e6e763118c7273ee04e1fe7dc9c6bb 100644
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigServices/share/TrigServicesEventLoopMgr.py
+++ b/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigServices/share/TrigServicesEventLoopMgr.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ svcMgr += SG__HiveMgrSvc("EventDataSvc")
 #svcMgr.EventDataSvc.OutputLevel = VERBOSE
 
 from GaudiHive.GaudiHiveConf import AlgResourcePool
-arp=AlgResourcePool( OutputLevel = INFO )
+arp=AlgResourcePool()
 arp.TopAlg=["AthMasterSeq"] #this should enable control flow
 svcMgr += arp
 
@@ -39,16 +39,12 @@ from AthenaCommon.AlgScheduler import AlgScheduler
 #AlgScheduler.setThreadPoolSize(nThreads)
 AlgScheduler.ShowDataDependencies(True)
 AlgScheduler.ShowControlFlow(True)
-AlgScheduler.OutputLevel=VERBOSE
 
 from StoreGate.StoreGateConf import StoreGateSvc
 svcMgr += StoreGateSvc()
-svcMgr.StoreGateSvc.OutputLevel = VERBOSE
-svcMgr.StoreGateSvc.Dump = True
 
 from StoreGate.StoreGateConf import SGImplSvc
 svcMgr += SGImplSvc("SGImplSvc")
-svcMgr.SGImplSvc.OutputLevel = VERBOSE
 
 # ThreadPoolService thread local initialization
 from GaudiHive.GaudiHiveConf import ThreadPoolSvc
@@ -72,10 +68,6 @@ theApp.AuditAlgorithms=True
 from SGComps.SGCompsConf import SGCommitAuditor
 theAuditorSvc += SGCommitAuditor()
 
-# for easier browsing of verbose logs
-ClassIDSvc = Service("ClassIDSvc")
-ClassIDSvc.OutputLevel = DEBUG
-
 # ==============================================================================
 # Event selector and input service
 # ==============================================================================