diff --git a/opm/models/nonlinear/newtonmethod.hh b/opm/models/nonlinear/newtonmethod.hh
index 206294821..168936c2c 100644
--- a/opm/models/nonlinear/newtonmethod.hh
+++ b/opm/models/nonlinear/newtonmethod.hh
@@ -81,10 +81,6 @@ struct NewtonConvergenceWriter<TypeTag, TTag::NewtonMethod> { using type = NullC
 
 namespace Opm::Parameters {
 
-template<class TypeTag>
-struct NewtonVerbose<TypeTag, Properties::TTag::NewtonMethod>
-{ static constexpr bool value = true; };
-
 template<class TypeTag>
 struct NewtonWriteConvergence<TypeTag, Properties::TTag::NewtonMethod>
 { static constexpr bool value = false; };
@@ -166,7 +162,7 @@ public:
     {
         LinearSolverBackend::registerParameters();
 
-        Parameters::registerParam<TypeTag, Parameters::NewtonVerbose>
+        Parameters::Register<Parameters::NewtonVerbose>
             ("Specify whether the Newton method should inform "
              "the user about its progress or not");
         Parameters::registerParam<TypeTag, Parameters::NewtonWriteConvergence>
@@ -544,7 +540,7 @@ protected:
      */
     bool verbose_() const
     {
-        return Parameters::get<TypeTag, Parameters::NewtonVerbose>() && (comm_.rank() == 0);
+        return Parameters::Get<Parameters::NewtonVerbose>() && (comm_.rank() == 0);
     }
 
     /*!
diff --git a/opm/models/nonlinear/newtonmethodparameters.hh b/opm/models/nonlinear/newtonmethodparameters.hh
index 1019636ee..c54a0f26c 100644
--- a/opm/models/nonlinear/newtonmethodparameters.hh
+++ b/opm/models/nonlinear/newtonmethodparameters.hh
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
 namespace Opm::Parameters {
 
 //! Specifies whether the Newton method should print messages or not
-template<class TypeTag, class MyTypeTag>
-struct NewtonVerbose { using type = Properties::UndefinedProperty; };
+struct NewtonVerbose { static constexpr bool value = true; };
 
 //! Specifies whether the convergence rate and the global residual
 //! gets written out to disk for every Newton iteration