diff --git a/Control/SGTools/SGTools/SGVersionedKey.h b/Control/SGTools/SGTools/SGVersionedKey.h
index be0d182856bcb990a951dfcb4f3e0bf99ec8c51b..4496dd4913c1ae3008a13c28696c0f33de75b5b4 100644
--- a/Control/SGTools/SGTools/SGVersionedKey.h
+++ b/Control/SGTools/SGTools/SGVersionedKey.h
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ namespace SG {
    **/
   class VersionedKey {
     friend class ::StoreGateSvc; //call copyVK
-#ifdef ATHENAHIVE
     friend class ::SGImplSvc; //call copyVK
-#endif
   public:
     ///quickly determine whether a string has the right format to be a VK
     static bool isVersionedKey(const char *);