diff --git a/Examples/src/PlcioTest/PlcioReadAlg.h b/Examples/src/PlcioTest/PlcioReadAlg.h
index 4b66b143f4247487d14133aa1153ec106ff346ac..f5aba7dc3f878d355eaa213b01e22620a057b678 100644
--- a/Examples/src/PlcioTest/PlcioReadAlg.h
+++ b/Examples/src/PlcioTest/PlcioReadAlg.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ namespace plcio {
 
 class PlcioReadAlg : public GaudiAlgorithm
 {
-        friend class AlgFactory<PlcioReadAlg>;
 
     public :
 
diff --git a/Examples/src/PlcioTest/PlcioWriteAlg.h b/Examples/src/PlcioTest/PlcioWriteAlg.h
index c34aa29edc45bf4760775cec7ecab37c9abf69f1..377173d09bbdd3616edfb89705ca490969a1d57f 100644
--- a/Examples/src/PlcioTest/PlcioWriteAlg.h
+++ b/Examples/src/PlcioTest/PlcioWriteAlg.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ namespace plcio {
 
 class PlcioWriteAlg : public GaudiAlgorithm
 {
-        friend class AlgFactory<PlcioWriteAlg>;
 
     public :