diff --git a/opm/simulators/flow/BlackoilModelEbos.hpp b/opm/simulators/flow/BlackoilModelEbos.hpp
index 5cde16bbb..bfc61caad 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/flow/BlackoilModelEbos.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/flow/BlackoilModelEbos.hpp
@@ -1708,11 +1708,9 @@ namespace Opm {
 
 
         void updateTUNING(const Tuning& tuning) {          
-            if (tuning.XXXMBE_has_nondefault_value) {
-                param_.tolerance_mb_ = tuning.XXXMBE;
-                if ( terminal_output_ ) {
-                    OpmLog::debug(fmt::format("Setting BlackoilModelEbos mass balance limit (XXXMBE) to {:.2e}", tuning.XXXMBE));
-                }
+            param_.tolerance_mb_ = tuning.XXXMBE;
+            if ( terminal_output_ ) {
+                OpmLog::debug(fmt::format("Setting BlackoilModelEbos mass balance limit (XXXMBE) to {:.2e}", tuning.XXXMBE));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/opm/simulators/flow/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoilEbos.hpp b/opm/simulators/flow/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoilEbos.hpp
index 15baf43dc..3e0042295 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/flow/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoilEbos.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/flow/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoilEbos.hpp
@@ -322,11 +322,9 @@ public:
     }
 
     void updateTUNING(const Tuning& tuning) {
-        if (tuning.XXXMBE_has_nondefault_value) {
-            modelParam_.tolerance_mb_ = tuning.XXXMBE;
-            if (terminalOutput_) {
+        modelParam_.tolerance_mb_ = tuning.XXXMBE;
+        if (terminalOutput_) {
                 OpmLog::debug(fmt::format("Setting SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoilEbos mass balance limit (XXXMBE) to {:.2e}", tuning.XXXMBE));
-            }
         }
     }