diff --git a/opm/autodiff/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoilEbos.hpp b/opm/autodiff/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoilEbos.hpp
index c9dd4093b..07b5aecdd 100644
--- a/opm/autodiff/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoilEbos.hpp
+++ b/opm/autodiff/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoilEbos.hpp
@@ -40,12 +40,10 @@ BEGIN_PROPERTIES
 NEW_PROP_TAG(EnableTerminalOutput);
 NEW_PROP_TAG(EnableAdaptiveTimeStepping);
 NEW_PROP_TAG(EnableTuning);
-NEW_PROP_TAG(EclStrictParsing);
 
 SET_BOOL_PROP(EclFlowProblem, EnableTerminalOutput, true);
 SET_BOOL_PROP(EclFlowProblem, EnableAdaptiveTimeStepping, true);
 SET_BOOL_PROP(EclFlowProblem, EnableTuning, false);
-SET_BOOL_PROP(EclFlowProblem, EclStrictParsing, false);
 
 END_PROPERTIES
 
@@ -126,8 +124,6 @@ public:
                              "Use adaptive time stepping between report steps");
         EWOMS_REGISTER_PARAM(TypeTag, bool, EnableTuning,
                              "Honor some aspects of the TUNING keyword.");
-        EWOMS_REGISTER_PARAM(TypeTag, bool, EclStrictParsing,
-                             "Handle input in strict mode - will terminate if any errors are found");
     }
 
     /// Run the simulation.