diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e114082cd24ff..e708a6044de44 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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 refs/heads/gh-pages: 09c786f70121f131b3715aaf3464996502bbeb7e
-"refs/heads/CMSSW_7_1_X": 140b3013292f41236d441289a1f1c395c5e4ffc5
+"refs/heads/CMSSW_7_1_X": 4fbe0c584fdf3483c9b421245d2703e8a4c921a8
diff --git a/trunk/DQM/SiStripCommissioningSources/python/OnlineDQM_cff.py b/trunk/DQM/SiStripCommissioningSources/python/OnlineDQM_cff.py
index 9e212d918be4e..8db0d645677d9 100644
--- a/trunk/DQM/SiStripCommissioningSources/python/OnlineDQM_cff.py
+++ b/trunk/DQM/SiStripCommissioningSources/python/OnlineDQM_cff.py
@@ -3,14 +3,17 @@
 # load the DQM service
 from DQM.SiStripCommon.DaqMonitorROOTBackEnd_cfi import *
 
-# DQM output via the shared memory
-FUShmDQMOutputService = cms.Service("FUShmDQMOutputService",
-    initialMessageBufferSize = cms.untracked.int32(1000000),
-    compressionLevel = cms.int32(1),
-    lumiSectionInterval = cms.untracked.int32(2000000),
-    lumiSectionsPerUpdate = cms.double(1.0),
-    useCompression = cms.bool(True)
-)
+# The following is not used any more; there are no clients for this output
+# so it wastes a lot of memory, possibly also cpu power
+# Needs also hasSharedMemory to be false for the FUEventProcessor xdaq config
+## DQM output via the shared memory
+#FUShmDQMOutputService = cms.Service("FUShmDQMOutputService",
+#    initialMessageBufferSize = cms.untracked.int32(1000000),
+#    compressionLevel = cms.int32(1),
+#    lumiSectionInterval = cms.untracked.int32(2000000),
+#    lumiSectionsPerUpdate = cms.double(1.0),
+#    useCompression = cms.bool(True)
+#)
 
 # needed in the online because the otherwise default initiated one gets ill-configured (missing parameter lvl1Labels)
 # it doesn't really belong here, but ok, it doesn't hurt either