diff --git a/opm/models/discretization/common/fvbaseproperties.hh b/opm/models/discretization/common/fvbaseproperties.hh
index c4aa6835c..bcd773a3c 100644
--- a/opm/models/discretization/common/fvbaseproperties.hh
+++ b/opm/models/discretization/common/fvbaseproperties.hh
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ namespace Opm::Properties {
 
 namespace TTag {
 struct FvBaseNewtonMethod;
-struct VtkPrimaryVars;
 struct FiniteDifferenceLocalLinearizer;
 struct ParallelBiCGStabLinearSolver;
 }
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ namespace TTag {
 
 //! The type tag for models based on the finite volume schemes
 struct FvBaseDiscretization
-{ using InheritsFrom = std::tuple<VtkPrimaryVars, FvBaseNewtonMethod, ImplicitModel>; };
+{ using InheritsFrom = std::tuple<FvBaseNewtonMethod, ImplicitModel>; };
 
 } // namespace TTag
 
diff --git a/opm/models/io/vtkprimaryvarsmodule.hh b/opm/models/io/vtkprimaryvarsmodule.hh
index 1bc02d2d7..8cbd9aae5 100644
--- a/opm/models/io/vtkprimaryvarsmodule.hh
+++ b/opm/models/io/vtkprimaryvarsmodule.hh
@@ -35,36 +35,11 @@
 #include <opm/models/utils/parametersystem.hh>
 #include <opm/models/utils/propertysystem.hh>
 
-namespace Opm::Properties::TTag {
-
-// create new type tag for the VTK primary variables output
-struct VtkPrimaryVars {};
-
-} // namespace Opm::Properties::TTag
-
 namespace Opm::Parameters {
 
-// create the property tags needed for the primary variables module
-template<class TypeTag, class MyTypeTag>
-struct VtkWritePrimaryVars { using type = Properties::UndefinedProperty; };
-
-template<class TypeTag, class MyTypeTag>
-struct VtkWriteProcessRank { using type = Properties::UndefinedProperty; };
-
-template<class TypeTag, class MyTypeTag>
-struct VtkWriteDofIndex { using type = Properties::UndefinedProperty; };
-
-template<class TypeTag>
-struct VtkWritePrimaryVars<TypeTag, Properties::TTag::VtkPrimaryVars>
-{ static constexpr bool value = false; };
-
-template<class TypeTag>
-struct VtkWriteProcessRank<TypeTag, Properties::TTag::VtkPrimaryVars>
-{ static constexpr bool value = false; };
-
-template<class TypeTag>
-struct VtkWriteDofIndex<TypeTag, Properties::TTag::VtkPrimaryVars>
-{ static constexpr bool value = false; };
+struct VtkWritePrimaryVars { static constexpr bool value = false; };
+struct VtkWriteProcessRank { static constexpr bool value = false; };
+struct VtkWriteDofIndex { static constexpr bool value = false; };
 
 } // namespace Opm::Properties
 
@@ -102,11 +77,11 @@ public:
      */
     static void registerParameters()
     {
-        Parameters::registerParam<TypeTag, Parameters::VtkWritePrimaryVars>
+        Parameters::Register<Parameters::VtkWritePrimaryVars>
             ("Include the primary variables into the VTK output files");
-        Parameters::registerParam<TypeTag, Parameters::VtkWriteProcessRank>
+        Parameters::Register<Parameters::VtkWriteProcessRank>
             ("Include the MPI process rank into the VTK output files");
-        Parameters::registerParam<TypeTag, Parameters::VtkWriteDofIndex>
+        Parameters::Register<Parameters::VtkWriteDofIndex>
             ("Include the index of the degrees of freedom into the VTK output files");
     }
 
@@ -178,17 +153,17 @@ public:
 private:
     static bool primaryVarsOutput_()
     {
-        static bool val = Parameters::get<TypeTag, Parameters::VtkWritePrimaryVars>();
+        static bool val = Parameters::Get<Parameters::VtkWritePrimaryVars>();
         return val;
     }
     static bool processRankOutput_()
     {
-        static bool val = Parameters::get<TypeTag, Parameters::VtkWriteProcessRank>();
+        static bool val = Parameters::Get<Parameters::VtkWriteProcessRank>();
         return val;
     }
     static bool dofIndexOutput_()
     {
-        static bool val = Parameters::get<TypeTag, Parameters::VtkWriteDofIndex>();
+        static bool val = Parameters::Get<Parameters::VtkWriteDofIndex>();
         return val;
     }