diff --git a/tapeserver/readtp/ReadtpCmdLineArgs.cpp b/tapeserver/readtp/ReadtpCmdLineArgs.cpp
index ac122c526a375000475a25ea6a26772911abaf10..82479103f09179929aad78452ac24d79a2b3a76a 100644
--- a/tapeserver/readtp/ReadtpCmdLineArgs.cpp
+++ b/tapeserver/readtp/ReadtpCmdLineArgs.cpp
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ ReadtpCmdLineArgs::ReadtpCmdLineArgs(const int argc, char *const *const argv):
     throw ex;
   }
   m_vid = std::string(argv[1]);
-  utils::toUpper(m_vid);
-
   m_fSeqRangeList = TapeFileSequenceParser::parse(argv[2]);
   
   static struct option longopts[] = {
diff --git a/tapeserver/tapelabel/TapeLabelCmdLineArgs.cpp b/tapeserver/tapelabel/TapeLabelCmdLineArgs.cpp
index 15c7b840d329d121cb4cf1ebf030a1f64c0ea7bc..1aca32b5bce0271baae0ddeb32bfe5b7c5711e5e 100644
--- a/tapeserver/tapelabel/TapeLabelCmdLineArgs.cpp
+++ b/tapeserver/tapelabel/TapeLabelCmdLineArgs.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ TapeLabelCmdLineArgs::TapeLabelCmdLineArgs(const int argc, char *const *const ar
         throw ex;
       } else {
         m_vid = std::string(optarg);
-        utils::toUpper(m_vid);
       }
       break;
     case 'o':
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ TapeLabelCmdLineArgs::TapeLabelCmdLineArgs(const int argc, char *const *const ar
         throw ex;
       } else {
         m_oldLabel = std::string(optarg);
-	      utils::toUpper(m_oldLabel);
       }
       break;
     case 't':