diff --git a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetValidation/python/PhysicsValidationHistos.py b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetValidation/python/PhysicsValidationHistos.py
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index c23d13a98e656f9724fdaab936493b4bc10414eb..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetValidation/python/PhysicsValidationHistos.py
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@@ -1,223 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2002-2021 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-
-from JetMonitoring.JetHistoTools import jhm, selectionAndHistos
-from JetMonitoring.JetMonitoringConf import JetMonitoringTool, JetKinematicHistos, JetContainerHistoFiller, JetSubStructureHistos
-from AthenaCommon.AppMgr import ServiceMgr as svcMgr
-from PyUtils.MetaReader import read_metadata
-
-input_file = svcMgr.EventSelector.InputCollections[0]
-metadata = read_metadata(input_file) # opens the first file from the InputCollections list
-metadata = metadata[input_file]  # promote keys stored under input_file key one level up to access them directly
-# this is a dict of dicts, take a look at what's available! Below are some examples:
-isMC = 'IS_SIMULATION' in metadata['eventTypes']
-beam_energy = metadata['beam_energy']
-conditions_tag = metadata['IOVDbGlobalTag'] #useful for figuring out which mc production this is
-print ("PhysicsValidationHistos: isMC=",isMC, " beam=",beam_energy," conditions_tag=",conditions_tag)
-
-def commonPhysValTool(container, refcontainer="", onlyKinematics = False, globalSelection= ""):
-    containerfiller = JetContainerHistoFiller(container+"HistoFiller",JetContainer = container)
-    filler = containerfiller
-    
-    if globalSelection !="":
-        # here we create an intermediate selection tool, we'll pass it the histo builders
-        # instead of passing them to containerfiller
-        # Create the intermediate tool and attach it to containerfiller:
-        containerfiller.HistoTools = [ selectionAndHistos( globalSelection,
-                                                           [] , # no histo builders, will be set below
-                                                           histoNameSuffix= "none", # same histo names as without global selection
-                                                           )
-                                       ]
-        # attach the selection :
-        filler = containerfiller.HistoTools[0]
-        containerfiller.OutputLevel = 2        
-        filler.OutputLevel = 2
-    
-    # Give a list of predefined tools from jhm or a combination of such tools
-    filler.HistoTools = [
-        # build a special tool without 2D hists :
-        JetKinematicHistos("kinematics",PlotOccupancy=False, PlotAveragePt=False, PlotNJet=True) ,
-    ]
-
-    if onlyKinematics:
-        # return now
-        return containerfiller
-
-    filler.HistoTools += [
-
-        # Draw a set of histo for a particular jet selection :
-        selectionAndHistos( "leadingjet" , [ "basickinematics", ] ),
-        selectionAndHistos( "subleadingjet" , [ "basickinematics"] ),
-        selectionAndHistos("40000<pt<50000",["pt"]),
-
-        # distances between 2 leading jets.
-        jhm.leadingjetrel,
-        ]
-
-    if ( ("Topo" in container or "PFlow" in container) and "Trimmed" not in container) and "SoftDrop" not in container:
-        filler.HistoTools += [
-
-            jhm.Width,
-
-            # jet states
-            jhm.basickinematics_emscale,
-            #track variables
-            jhm.tool("JVF[0]"),
-            jhm.JVF,
-            jhm.JVFCorr,
-            jhm.Jvt,
-            jhm.JvtRpt,
-
-            # calo variables
-            jhm.NegativeE,
-            jhm.Timing,
-            jhm.LArQuality,
-
-        ]
-
-    if "Topo" in container or "PFlow" in container or "UFO" in container:
-        filler.HistoTools += [
-            
-            # jet states
-            jhm.basickinematics_constscale,
-
-            # track variables
-            jhm.SumPtTrkPt500,
-            jhm.tool("SumPtTrkPt500[0]"),
-            jhm.tool("NumTrkPt500[0]"),
-            jhm.tool("NumTrkPt1000[0]"),
-            jhm.tool("TrackWidthPt1000[0]"),
-            jhm.GhostTrackCount,
-            jhm.GhostTruthAssociationFraction,
-            jhm.GhostMuonSegmentCount,
-
-            # calo variables
-            jhm.EMFrac,
-            jhm.HECFrac,
-
-            jhm.EMB2,
-            jhm.EMB3,            
-            jhm.EME2,
-            jhm.EME3,
-            jhm.HEC2,
-            jhm.HEC3,
-            jhm.FCAL0,
-            jhm.FCAL1,
-            jhm.TileBar0,
-            jhm.TileBar1,
-            jhm.TileExt0,
-            jhm.TileExt1
-        ]
-        
-        if "PFlow" in container:
-            filler.HistoTools += [
-                jhm.tool("SumPtChargedPFOPt500[0]"),
-                jhm.tool("NumChargedPFOPt500[0]"),
-                jhm.tool("NumChargedPFOPt1000[0]"),
-                jhm.tool("ChargedPFOWidthPt1000[0]"),
-                jhm.DFCommonJets_QGTagger_NTracks,
-                jhm.DFCommonJets_QGTagger_TracksWidth,
-                jhm.DFCommonJets_QGTagger_TracksC1,
-                jhm.DFCommonJets_fJvt,
-            ]
-
-
-        if refcontainer:
-            # efficiency
-            filler.HistoTools += [jhm.effresponse,]
-            filler.HistoTools['effresponse'].RefContainer = refcontainer
-
-        if "SoftDrop" in container:
-            filler.HistoTools += [
-                jhm.rg,
-                jhm.zg,
-            ]
-        elif "Trimmed" in container:
-            filler.HistoTools += [
-                jhm.NTrimSubjets,
-                jhm.TrackSumPt,
-                jhm.TrackSumMass,
-            ]
-
-        if "Trimmed" in container or "SoftDrop" in container:
-            filler.HistoTools += [
-               
-              #main list of substrcture variables
-              JetSubStructureHistos("substructure"), 
-
-                jhm.DetectorEta,
-                jhm.ECF1,
-                jhm.ECF2,
-                jhm.ECF3,
-                jhm.Tau1_wta,
-                jhm.Tau2_wta,
-                jhm.Tau3_wta,
-                jhm.Split12,
-                jhm.Split23,
-                jhm.Qw,
-                jhm.PlanarFlow,
-                jhm.FoxWolfram0,
-                jhm.FoxWolfram2,
-                jhm.Angularity,
-                jhm.Aplanarity,
-                jhm.KtDR,
-                jhm.ZCut12,
-                jhm.ZCut23,
-                jhm.ZCut34,
-                jhm.Split34,
-                jhm.ThrustMin,
-                jhm.ThrustMaj,
-                jhm.FoxWolfram1,
-                jhm.FoxWolfram3,
-                jhm.FoxWolfram4,
-                jhm.Sphericity,
-                jhm.Charge
-            ]
-
-    if 'PV0Track' in container:
-        filler.HistoTools += [
-            jhm.HadronConeExclTruthLabelID,
-            jhm.HadronConeExclExtendedTruthLabelID,
-            jhm.HadronGhostTruthLabelID,
-            jhm.HadronGhostExtendedTruthLabelID,
-        ]
-
-    #filler.OutputLevel =2 
-    return containerfiller
-
-from RecExConfig.RecFlags import rec 
-akt4refContainer = "AntiKt4TruthJets" if rec.doTruth() else ""
-
-#globalSelection = "0.7<JVF[0]"
-globalSelection = ""
-
-##
-# necessary updates for validation directories
-###
-
-athenaMonTool = JetMonitoringTool(HistoTools = [
-    commonPhysValTool( "AntiKt4LCTopoJets", akt4refContainer ,globalSelection = globalSelection),
-    commonPhysValTool( "AntiKt4EMTopoJets", akt4refContainer ,globalSelection = globalSelection),
-    commonPhysValTool( "AntiKt4EMPFlowJets", akt4refContainer ,globalSelection = globalSelection ),
-    commonPhysValTool( "AntiKt4TruthJets" ),
-    commonPhysValTool( "AntiKt10LCTopoTrimmedPtFrac5SmallR20Jets" ),
-    commonPhysValTool( "AntiKt10UFOCSSKSoftDropBeta100Zcut10Jets" ),
-    commonPhysValTool( "AntiKt10TruthTrimmedPtFrac5SmallR20Jets" ),
-    commonPhysValTool( "AntiKt10TruthSoftDropBeta100Zcut10Jets" ),
-    commonPhysValTool( "AntiKtVR30Rmax4Rmin02PV0TrackJets"),
-], IntervalType=8) # 8 == HistoGroupBase::all
-
-
-if not isMC:
-    athenaMonTool = JetMonitoringTool(HistoTools = [
-        commonPhysValTool( "AntiKt4LCTopoJets", akt4refContainer ,globalSelection = globalSelection),
-        commonPhysValTool( "AntiKt4EMTopoJets", akt4refContainer ,globalSelection = globalSelection),
-        commonPhysValTool( "AntiKt4EMPFlowJets" ),
-        commonPhysValTool( "AntiKt10LCTopoTrimmedPtFrac5SmallR20Jets" ),
-        commonPhysValTool( "AntiKt10UFOCSSKSoftDropBeta100Zcut10Jets" ),
-        commonPhysValTool( "AntiKtVR30Rmax4Rmin02PV0TrackJets"),
-    ], IntervalType=8) # 8 == HistoGroupBase::all
-    
-#ToolSvc += athenaMonTool
-
-def athenaPhysValTool():
-    return athenaMonTool
diff --git a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetValidation/python/RTTConfig.py b/Reconstruction/Jet/JetValidation/python/RTTConfig.py
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index cfa18e5390419999b4cef4c5b34570a4fbcb1861..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Reconstruction/Jet/JetValidation/python/RTTConfig.py
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@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-
-
-containerToRebuild = ["AntiKt4LCTopoJetsTest", "AntiKt10LCTopoJetsTest",]
-def scheduleRTTJetTests():
-                        
-    global containerToRebuild
-    
-    from JetRec.JetRecFlags import jetFlags
-    from RecExConfig.RecFlags import rec
-    jetFlags.useTruth = rec.doTruth()
-    
-    from JetRec.JetRecStandard import jtm
-    from JetRec.JetRecConf import JetAlgorithm
-    from JetRec.JetRecUtils import interpretJetName
-
-    #calibarg = 'calib' if jetFlags.applyCalibrationName()!="none" else None
-
-    #calibarg = 'calib' if jetFlags.applyCalibrationName!= "none" else "none"
-
-    # arguments to give to addJetFinder
-    # format is 'input' : dict_of_args
-    inputArgs = { 'LCTopo' : dict(gettersin='lctopo', modifiersin='calib' ,ghostArea=0.01,  ), 
-                  'EMTopo' : dict(gettersin='emtopo', modifiersin='calib' ,ghostArea=0.01,   ), 
-                  'ZTrack' : {},
-                  }
-
-
-    fullnameArgs = {
-        "AntiKt4LCTopoJetsTest" : dict( ptminFilter=7000, calibOpt='ar'),
-        "AntiKt4EMTopoJetsTest" : dict( ptminFilter=5000, calibOpt='ar'),
-        "AntiKt10LCTopoJetsTest": dict( ptminFilter=50000, calibOpt='a'),
-        "CamKt12LCTopoJetsTest" : dict( ptminFilter=50000, calibOpt='a'),
-        }
-    
-    tools = []
-    for jname in containerToRebuild:
-        # decompose arg name 
-        finder, mainParam, input = interpretJetName(jname)
-
-        args = fullnameArgs[jname]
-        args.update( inputArgs[input] )
-        # call addJetFinderArgs with the relavant args for this collection
-        t=jtm.addJetFinder(jname, finder, mainParam, ptmin=2000,
-                           **args
-                           )
-
-        tools.append( t )
-
-                         
-    from AthenaCommon.AlgSequence import AlgSequence
-    topSequence= AlgSequence()
-
-    if jetFlags.useTruth:
-        from JetRec.JetFlavorAlgs import scheduleCopyTruthParticles        
-        tools = [ jtm.truthpartcopy, jtm.truthpartcopywz ] + scheduleCopyTruthParticles() + tools
-    
-    topSequence += JetAlgorithm( "JetAlgorithmTest", Tools = [jtm.tracksel, jtm.tvassoc, ]+tools )
-
-
-def saveJetContainers():
-    global containerToRebuild
-
-    from AthenaCommon.AppMgr import theApp
-    StreamAOD = theApp.getOutputStream( "StreamAOD" )
-
-    for jname in containerToRebuild:
-        StreamAOD.ItemList += ["xAOD::JetContainer_v1#"+jname, "xAOD::JetAuxContainer_v1#"+jname+"Aux."]
-    
-    
-
-
-
-
-# if we need customized one-line call, let's define them here :
-def scheduleRDOtoESD():
-    return scheduleRTTJetTests()
-def scheduleESDtoAOD():
-    return scheduleRTTJetTests()
-
-def scheduleTest():
-    return scheduleRTTJetTests(["AntiKt4LCTopoJetsTest"],[])
-
-
-