diff --git a/Tools/PyUtils/python/AMITagHelperConfig.py b/Tools/PyUtils/python/AMITagHelperConfig.py
index c51a0cbce4117b2fe22e6b03de14d15bc9bbfa58..615b7498354e27f48e2700d61e655e7402e98915 100644
--- a/Tools/PyUtils/python/AMITagHelperConfig.py
+++ b/Tools/PyUtils/python/AMITagHelperConfig.py
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ def AMITagCfg(flags, runArgs=None, fixBroken=False):
             tags += [runArgs.AMIConfig]
             log.info(f'Adding AMITag from execution: {runArgs.AMIConfig}')
 
+    if not tags:
+        from AthenaConfiguration.ComponentAccumulator import ComponentAccumulator
+        return ComponentAccumulator()
+
     valueAMITag = '_'.join(tags)
 
     from EventInfoMgt.TagInfoMgrConfig import TagInfoMgrCfg