diff --git a/tutorials/fitsio/FITS_tutorial1.C b/tutorials/fitsio/FITS_tutorial1.C
index 20487dc80d3b8bdbc36957c538949f0a505b1cc4..e50f7d6b4bfc5c71cfd7618c01fc72aec77459fe 100644
--- a/tutorials/fitsio/FITS_tutorial1.C
+++ b/tutorials/fitsio/FITS_tutorial1.C
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ void FITS_tutorial1()
    printf("The object you will see is a snapshot of the NGC7662 nebula,\n");
    printf("which was taken by the author on November 2009 in Barcelona (CATALONIA).\n\n");
 
-   if (!gROOT->IsBatch()) {
-      //printf("Press ENTER to start..."); getchar();
-   }
    TString dir = gSystem->DirName(__FILE__);
 
    // Open primary HDU from file
diff --git a/tutorials/fitsio/FITS_tutorial2.C b/tutorials/fitsio/FITS_tutorial2.C
index 7faa8bcb0d7ca81672106a26f2251daefbf81377..befb7dca0bb877438aa44a39d501ca5547c77553 100644
--- a/tutorials/fitsio/FITS_tutorial2.C
+++ b/tutorials/fitsio/FITS_tutorial2.C
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ void FITS_tutorial2()
    printf("the flux data, whereas the second row the wavelengths.\n");
    printf("Data copyright: NASA\n\n");
 
-   if (!gROOT->IsBatch()) {
-      //printf("Press ENTER to start..."); getchar();
-   }
    TString dir = gSystem->DirName(__FILE__);
 
    // Open primary HDU from file
diff --git a/tutorials/fitsio/FITS_tutorial3.C b/tutorials/fitsio/FITS_tutorial3.C
index 13e7584485f5ccbc928e1b1168df94da8ac8d5df..522f5c6163aa37da8ec7465bbc21d38d77f49f9c 100644
--- a/tutorials/fitsio/FITS_tutorial3.C
+++ b/tutorials/fitsio/FITS_tutorial3.C
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ void FITS_tutorial3()
    printf("extensions. The primary HDU contains no data.\n");
    printf("Data copyright: NASA\n\n");
 
-   if (!gROOT->IsBatch()) {
-      //printf("Press ENTER to start..."); getchar();
-   }
-
    // Open extensions 1 to 5 from file
    //printf("Press ENTER to see a canvas with all images within the file:"); getchar();
    TString dir = gSystem->DirName(__FILE__);
diff --git a/tutorials/fitsio/FITS_tutorial4.C b/tutorials/fitsio/FITS_tutorial4.C
index 07b78e7b7c6127b84fe2b14775db61e1b27f7bb3..c36430de391bf3ca2d7e4872161a358a5cc0877e 100644
--- a/tutorials/fitsio/FITS_tutorial4.C
+++ b/tutorials/fitsio/FITS_tutorial4.C
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ void FITS_tutorial4()
    printf("matching row)\n");
    printf("Data copyright: NASA\n\n");
 
-   if (!gROOT->IsBatch()) {
-      //printf("Press ENTER to start..."); getchar();
-   }
    TString dir = gSystem->DirName(__FILE__);
 
    //Open the table extension number 1)
diff --git a/tutorials/fitsio/FITS_tutorial5.C b/tutorials/fitsio/FITS_tutorial5.C
index 6557eb4cce016d3b564a3741885281a464d9debb..0853f45ae4c288ed3976bd85626eba612641f478 100644
--- a/tutorials/fitsio/FITS_tutorial5.C
+++ b/tutorials/fitsio/FITS_tutorial5.C
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ void FITS_tutorial5()
    printf("Row2: (99.0, 21.689, 20.206, 18.86, 18.32 , 18.128 )\n");
    printf("WARNING: when coding, row and column indices start from 0\n");
 
-   if (!gROOT->IsBatch()) {
-      //printf("Press ENTER to start..."); getchar();
-      //printf("\n");
-   }
-
    TString dir = gSystem->DirName(__FILE__);
 
    //Open the table