diff --git a/Event/xAOD/xAODTrackingCnv/python/xAODTrackingCnvConfig.py b/Event/xAOD/xAODTrackingCnv/python/xAODTrackingCnvConfig.py
index 9bbbf1f2ecca21c090fe63e3cf28c7bdaa75dcb2..04178604d0900515830e326792a66bcaafe6be46 100644
--- a/Event/xAOD/xAODTrackingCnv/python/xAODTrackingCnvConfig.py
+++ b/Event/xAOD/xAODTrackingCnv/python/xAODTrackingCnvConfig.py
@@ -191,9 +191,11 @@ def TrigTrackParticleCnvAlgCfg(flags, name="TrigTrackParticleCnvAlg",
                 flags,
                 TrackParticleCreator = kwargs["TrackParticleCreator"])))
 
-
-    if flags.Tracking.perigeeExpression == "Vertex":
+    #temporarily - move base methods to ActiveConfig
+    if flags.Tracking.ActiveConfig.perigeeExpression == "Vertex":
         kwargs.setdefault("PrimaryVerticesName", "PrimaryVertices")
+    else:
+        kwargs.setdefault("PrimaryVerticesName", "")
 
     result.merge(TrackParticleCnvAlgCfg(flags, name,
                                         ClusterSplitProbabilityName,
diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetConfig/python/SiSPSeededTrackFinderConfig.py b/InnerDetector/InDetConfig/python/SiSPSeededTrackFinderConfig.py
index e0b269fba35772da9695f5df3def8dd88fd256cc..f48dfcde799883c6725c301b61c52194b6bfd90d 100644
--- a/InnerDetector/InDetConfig/python/SiSPSeededTrackFinderConfig.py
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetConfig/python/SiSPSeededTrackFinderConfig.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def TrigSiSPSeededTrackFinderCfg(flags, name="InDetTrigSiSpTrackFinder", **kwarg
             TrigSiSpacePointsSeedMakerCfg(flags)))
 
     # Heavy-ion config (TODO the steering for the trigger)
-    kwargs.setdefault("useMBTSTimeDiff", flags.Reco.EnableHI)
+    kwargs.setdefault("useMBTSTimeDiff", False)
     kwargs.setdefault("useZvertexTool", False)
     kwargs.setdefault("useZBoundFinding",
                       flags.Tracking.ActiveConfig.doZBoundary)
diff --git a/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigInDetConfig/python/TrigTrackingPassFlags.py b/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigInDetConfig/python/TrigTrackingPassFlags.py
index 19bf8c83527cca1317d97735e0f0608688ad1939..717a8d7b4eff70db479c76ac3f16193b56f32080 100644
--- a/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigInDetConfig/python/TrigTrackingPassFlags.py
+++ b/Trigger/TrigTools/TrigInDetConfig/python/TrigTrackingPassFlags.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def signatureSpecificSettingOfFlags(flags,mode):
     flags.nWeightedClustersMin= [6]
   
   flags.seedFilterLevel     = 0
-  
+
   if flags.isLRT:
     flags.minClusters         = 8 if mode=="InDet" else [8]
     flags.nHolesGapMax        = 1 if mode=="InDet" else [1]
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ def signatureSpecificSettingOfFlags(flags,mode):
   flags.addFlag("trtExtensionType", "xf") 
   flags.addFlag("doBremRecovery", False)  #setTrue for electron once validated
   flags.addFlag("doTruth",  False)  
-    
+  flags.addFlag("perigeeExpression","BeamLine")   #always use beamline regardless of Reco.EnableHI
+  
 def createTrigTrackingPassFlags(mode="InDet"):
   def __flagsFromConfigSettings(settings, mode):
     if mode == "InDet":