diff --git a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
index e616628e2..348af94d0 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
@@ -1203,8 +1203,7 @@ std::size_t packSize(const std::unique_ptr<T>& data,
 std::size_t packSize(const Dimension& data,
                      Dune::MPIHelper::MPICommunicator comm)
 {
-    return packSize(data.getName(), comm) +
-           packSize(data.getSIScalingRaw(), comm) +
+    return packSize(data.getSIScalingRaw(), comm) +
            packSize(data.getSIOffset(), comm);
 }
 
@@ -2830,7 +2829,6 @@ void pack(const Dimension& data,
           std::vector<char>& buffer, int& position,
           Dune::MPIHelper::MPICommunicator comm)
 {
-    pack(data.getName(), buffer, position, comm);
     pack(data.getSIScalingRaw(), buffer, position, comm);
     pack(data.getSIOffset(), buffer, position, comm);
 }
@@ -4962,13 +4960,11 @@ void unpack(Dimension& data,
             std::vector<char>& buffer, int& position,
             Dune::MPIHelper::MPICommunicator comm)
 {
-    std::string name;
     double siScaling, siOffset;
 
-    unpack(name, buffer, position, comm);
     unpack(siScaling, buffer, position, comm);
     unpack(siOffset, buffer, position, comm);
-    data = Dimension(name, siScaling, siOffset, false);
+    data = Dimension(siScaling, siOffset);
 }
 
 void unpack(UnitSystem& data,
diff --git a/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp b/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
index aeb27b929..f2e3473c3 100644
--- a/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
@@ -423,15 +423,15 @@ Opm::DeckRecord getDeckRecord()
                        Opm::type_tag::string, "test5",
                        {Opm::value::status::deck_value},
                        true,
-                       {Opm::Dimension("DimensionLess", 7.0, 8.0)},
-                       {Opm::Dimension("Metric", 10.0, 11.0)});
+                       {Opm::Dimension(7.0, 8.0)},
+                       {Opm::Dimension(10.0, 11.0)});
 
     Opm::DeckItem item2({1.0}, {2}, {"test3"}, {Opm::UDAValue(4)},
                        Opm::type_tag::string, "test6",
                        {Opm::value::status::deck_value},
                        true,
-                       {Opm::Dimension("DimensionLess", 7.0, 8.0)},
-                       {Opm::Dimension("Metric", 10.0, 11.0)});
+                       {Opm::Dimension(7.0, 8.0)},
+                       {Opm::Dimension(10.0, 11.0)});
 
     return Opm::DeckRecord({item1, item2});
 }
@@ -1563,7 +1563,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(Segment)
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(Dimension)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_MPI
-    Opm::Dimension val1("test", 1.0, 2.0);
+    Opm::Dimension val1(1.0, 2.0);
     auto val2 = PackUnpack(val1);
     DO_CHECKS(Dimension)
 #endif
@@ -1948,8 +1948,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(DeckItem)
                        Opm::type_tag::string, "test5",
                        {Opm::value::status::deck_value},
                        true,
-                       {Opm::Dimension("DimensionLess", 7.0, 8.0)},
-                       {Opm::Dimension("Metric", 10.0, 11.0)});
+                       {Opm::Dimension(7.0, 8.0)},
+                       {Opm::Dimension(10.0, 11.0)});
 
     auto val2 = PackUnpack(val1);
     DO_CHECKS(DeckItem)