diff --git a/opm/simulators/linalg/istlsolverwrappers.hh b/opm/simulators/linalg/istlsolverwrappers.hh
index 1c1e162a6..73501e6ac 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/linalg/istlsolverwrappers.hh
+++ b/opm/simulators/linalg/istlsolverwrappers.hh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ namespace Opm::Linear {
                                        Preconditioner& parPreCond)                 \
         {                                                                          \
             Scalar tolerance = Parameters::get<TypeTag, Parameters::LinearSolverTolerance>(); \
-            int maxIter = Parameters::get<TypeTag, Properties::LinearSolverMaxIterations>();  \
+            int maxIter = Parameters::get<TypeTag, Parameters::LinearSolverMaxIterations>();  \
                                                                                    \
             int verbosity = 0;                                                     \
             if (parOperator.overlap().myRank() == 0)                               \
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public:
                                    Preconditioner& parPreCond)
     {
         Scalar tolerance = Parameters::get<TypeTag, Parameters::LinearSolverTolerance>();
-        int maxIter = Parameters::get<TypeTag, Properties::LinearSolverMaxIterations>();
+        int maxIter = Parameters::get<TypeTag, Parameters::LinearSolverMaxIterations>();
 
         int verbosity = 0;
         if (parOperator.overlap().myRank() == 0)
diff --git a/opm/simulators/linalg/linalgparameters.hh b/opm/simulators/linalg/linalgparameters.hh
index f3ac5f014..da685bdf9 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/linalg/linalgparameters.hh
+++ b/opm/simulators/linalg/linalgparameters.hh
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ namespace Opm::Parameters {
 template<class TypeTag, class MyTypeTag>
 struct LinearSolverAbsTolerance { using type = Properties::UndefinedProperty; };
 
+//! Maximum number of iterations eyecuted by the linear solver
+template<class TypeTag, class MyTypeTag>
+struct LinearSolverMaxIterations { using type = Properties::UndefinedProperty; };
+
 /*!
  * \brief The size of the algebraic overlap of the linear solver.
  *
diff --git a/opm/simulators/linalg/linalgproperties.hh b/opm/simulators/linalg/linalgproperties.hh
index 205e157b2..aa25f99f1 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/linalg/linalgproperties.hh
+++ b/opm/simulators/linalg/linalgproperties.hh
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ struct PreconditionerWrapper { using type = UndefinedProperty; };
 template<class TypeTag, class MyTypeTag>
 struct LinearSolverScalar { using type = UndefinedProperty; };
 
-//! Maximum number of iterations eyecuted by the linear solver
-template<class TypeTag, class MyTypeTag>
-struct LinearSolverMaxIterations { using type = UndefinedProperty; };
-
 //! The order of the sequential preconditioner
 template<class TypeTag, class MyTypeTag>
 struct PreconditionerOrder { using type = UndefinedProperty; };
diff --git a/opm/simulators/linalg/parallelamgbackend.hh b/opm/simulators/linalg/parallelamgbackend.hh
index 1c225f6d3..d543b6169 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/linalg/parallelamgbackend.hh
+++ b/opm/simulators/linalg/parallelamgbackend.hh
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ protected:
         if (parOperator.overlap().myRank() == 0)
             verbosity = Parameters::get<TypeTag, Parameters::LinearSolverVerbosity>();
         bicgstabSolver->setVerbosity(verbosity);
-        bicgstabSolver->setMaxIterations(Parameters::get<TypeTag, Properties::LinearSolverMaxIterations>());
+        bicgstabSolver->setMaxIterations(Parameters::get<TypeTag, Parameters::LinearSolverMaxIterations>());
         bicgstabSolver->setLinearOperator(&parOperator);
         bicgstabSolver->setRhs(this->overlappingb_);
 
diff --git a/opm/simulators/linalg/parallelbasebackend.hh b/opm/simulators/linalg/parallelbasebackend.hh
index eaab87507..0b65bdf60 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/linalg/parallelbasebackend.hh
+++ b/opm/simulators/linalg/parallelbasebackend.hh
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public:
             ("The maximum accepted error of the norm of the residual");
         Parameters::registerParam<TypeTag, Parameters::LinearSolverOverlapSize>
             ("The size of the algebraic overlap for the linear solver");
-        Parameters::registerParam<TypeTag, Properties::LinearSolverMaxIterations>
+        Parameters::registerParam<TypeTag, Parameters::LinearSolverMaxIterations>
             ("The maximum number of iterations of the linear solver");
         Parameters::registerParam<TypeTag, Parameters::LinearSolverVerbosity>
             ("The verbosity level of the linear solver");
@@ -454,14 +454,15 @@ template<class TypeTag>
 struct PreconditionerWrapper<TypeTag, TTag::ParallelBaseLinearSolver>
 { using type = Opm::Linear::PreconditionerWrapperILU<TypeTag>; };
 
-//! set the default number of maximum iterations for the linear solver
-template<class TypeTag>
-struct LinearSolverMaxIterations<TypeTag, TTag::ParallelBaseLinearSolver> { static constexpr int value = 1000; };
-
 } // namespace Opm::Properties
 
 namespace Opm::Parameters {
 
+//! set the default number of maximum iterations for the linear solver
+template<class TypeTag>
+struct LinearSolverMaxIterations<TypeTag, Properties::TTag::ParallelBaseLinearSolver>
+{ static constexpr int value = 1000; };
+
 //! set the default overlap size to 2
 template<class TypeTag>
 struct LinearSolverOverlapSize<TypeTag, Properties::TTag::ParallelBaseLinearSolver>
diff --git a/opm/simulators/linalg/parallelbicgstabbackend.hh b/opm/simulators/linalg/parallelbicgstabbackend.hh
index a527c8c28..f03ed609c 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/linalg/parallelbicgstabbackend.hh
+++ b/opm/simulators/linalg/parallelbicgstabbackend.hh
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ protected:
         if (parOperator.overlap().myRank() == 0)
             verbosity = Parameters::get<TypeTag, Parameters::LinearSolverVerbosity>();
         bicgstabSolver->setVerbosity(verbosity);
-        bicgstabSolver->setMaxIterations(Parameters::get<TypeTag, Properties::LinearSolverMaxIterations>());
+        bicgstabSolver->setMaxIterations(Parameters::get<TypeTag, Parameters::LinearSolverMaxIterations>());
         bicgstabSolver->setLinearOperator(&parOperator);
         bicgstabSolver->setRhs(this->overlappingb_);