diff --git a/LArCalorimeter/LArDetDescr/CMakeLists.txt b/LArCalorimeter/LArDetDescr/CMakeLists.txt
index e8aeab4b07bf01d264337ac3b66a311444ac79e1..2f88d81da1ed1bf50f63d0b1fabad9ea0c1c5f12 100644
--- a/LArCalorimeter/LArDetDescr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/LArCalorimeter/LArDetDescr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2002-2021 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2024 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 
 # Declare the package name.
 atlas_subdir( LArDetDescr )
@@ -14,5 +14,3 @@ atlas_add_component( LArDetDescr
    CaloDetDescrLib CaloGeoHelpers RDBAccessSvcLib StoreGateLib CaloIdentifier
    GeoModelInterfaces GeoModelUtilities GeoPrimitives )
 
-# Install files from the package.
-atlas_install_joboptions( share/*.py )
diff --git a/LArCalorimeter/LArDetDescr/share/LArDetDescr_joboptions.py b/LArCalorimeter/LArDetDescr/share/LArDetDescr_joboptions.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 011089c79ac6ebb27fd8cca99d746319d6df914a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/LArCalorimeter/LArDetDescr/share/LArDetDescr_joboptions.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-printfunc ("now initializing the LAr readout geometry : standard Atlas flavour")
-
-# ------------------------------------------------
-#  FIXME : setup online identifier & mapping
-#    ( should be done somewhere else )
-# ------------------------------------------------
-include( "CaloConditions/CaloConditions_jobOptions.py" )
-
-from AthenaCommon.GlobalFlags import globalflags
-from RecExConfig.RecFlags import rec
-
-if not rec.doAODMerging():
-  if globalflags.DataSource() == 'geant4' :
-    include( "LArConditionsCommon/LArConditionsCommon_MC_jobOptions.py" )
-    include( "LArConditionsCommon/LArIdMap_MC_jobOptions.py" )
-  elif globalflags.DataSource() == 'data'  :
-    include( "LArConditionsCommon/LArConditionsCommon_comm_jobOptions.py" )
-    include( "LArConditionsCommon/LArIdMap_comm_jobOptions.py" )
-  else :
-    raise RunTimeError (" from LArDetDescr_joboptions.py: DataSource not supported")
-
-# must be included once only :
-include.block ("LArDetDescr/LArDetDescr_joboptions.py")
-