diff --git a/opm/simulators/linalg/FlowLinearSolverParameters.hpp b/opm/simulators/linalg/FlowLinearSolverParameters.hpp
index 4cfc20bec..b4d11e32e 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/linalg/FlowLinearSolverParameters.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/linalg/FlowLinearSolverParameters.hpp
@@ -93,14 +93,6 @@ struct ScaleLinearSystem {
     using type = UndefinedProperty;
 };
 template<class TypeTag, class MyTypeTag>
-struct CprMaxEllIter {
-    using type = UndefinedProperty;
-};
-template<class TypeTag, class MyTypeTag>
-struct CprEllSolvetype {
-    using type = UndefinedProperty;
-};
-template<class TypeTag, class MyTypeTag>
 struct CprReuseSetup {
     using type = UndefinedProperty;
 };
@@ -187,20 +179,12 @@ struct ScaleLinearSystem<TypeTag, TTag::FlowIstlSolverParams> {
     static constexpr bool value = false;
 };
 template<class TypeTag>
-struct CprMaxEllIter<TypeTag, TTag::FlowIstlSolverParams> {
-    static constexpr int value = 20;
-};
-template<class TypeTag>
-struct CprEllSolvetype<TypeTag, TTag::FlowIstlSolverParams> {
-    static constexpr int value = 0;
-};
-template<class TypeTag>
 struct CprReuseSetup<TypeTag, TTag::FlowIstlSolverParams> {
-    static constexpr int value = 3;
+    static constexpr int value = 4;
 };
 template<class TypeTag>
 struct CprReuseInterval<TypeTag, TTag::FlowIstlSolverParams> {
-    static constexpr int value = 10;
+    static constexpr int value = 30;
 };
 template<class TypeTag>
 struct LinearSolver<TypeTag, TTag::FlowIstlSolverParams> {
@@ -249,7 +233,6 @@ namespace Opm
         std::string accelerator_mode_;
         int bda_device_id_;
         int opencl_platform_id_;
-        int cpr_max_ell_iter_;
         int cpr_reuse_setup_;
         int cpr_reuse_interval_;
         bool opencl_ilu_parallel_;
@@ -270,7 +253,6 @@ namespace Opm
             newton_use_gmres_ = EWOMS_GET_PARAM(TypeTag, bool, UseGmres);
             ignoreConvergenceFailure_ = EWOMS_GET_PARAM(TypeTag, bool, LinearSolverIgnoreConvergenceFailure);
             scale_linear_system_ = EWOMS_GET_PARAM(TypeTag, bool, ScaleLinearSystem);
-            cpr_max_ell_iter_  =  EWOMS_GET_PARAM(TypeTag, int, CprMaxEllIter);
             cpr_reuse_setup_  =  EWOMS_GET_PARAM(TypeTag, int, CprReuseSetup);
             cpr_reuse_interval_  =  EWOMS_GET_PARAM(TypeTag, int, CprReuseInterval);
             linsolver_ = EWOMS_GET_PARAM(TypeTag, std::string, LinearSolver);
@@ -295,7 +277,6 @@ namespace Opm
             EWOMS_REGISTER_PARAM(TypeTag, bool, UseGmres, "Use GMRES as the linear solver");
             EWOMS_REGISTER_PARAM(TypeTag, bool, LinearSolverIgnoreConvergenceFailure, "Continue with the simulation like nothing happened after the linear solver did not converge");
             EWOMS_REGISTER_PARAM(TypeTag, bool, ScaleLinearSystem, "Scale linear system according to equation scale and primary variable types");
-            EWOMS_REGISTER_PARAM(TypeTag, int, CprMaxEllIter, "MaxIterations of the elliptic pressure part of the cpr solver");
             EWOMS_REGISTER_PARAM(TypeTag, int, CprReuseSetup, "Reuse preconditioner setup. Valid options are 0: recreate the preconditioner for every linear solve, 1: recreate once every timestep, 2: recreate if last linear solve took more than 10 iterations, 3: never recreate, 4: recreated every CprReuseInterval");
             EWOMS_REGISTER_PARAM(TypeTag, int, CprReuseInterval, "Reuse preconditioner interval. Used when CprReuseSetup is set to 4, then the preconditioner will be fully recreated instead of reused every N linear solve, where N is this parameter.");
             EWOMS_REGISTER_PARAM(TypeTag, std::string, LinearSolver, "Configuration of solver. Valid options are: ilu0 (default), cpr (an alias for cpr_trueimpes), cpr_quasiimpes, cpr_trueimpes or amg. Alternatively, you can request a configuration to be read from a JSON file by giving the filename here, ending with '.json.'");
diff --git a/opm/simulators/linalg/ISTLSolverEbos.hpp b/opm/simulators/linalg/ISTLSolverEbos.hpp
index 45b442484..d6329ec4e 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/linalg/ISTLSolverEbos.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/linalg/ISTLSolverEbos.hpp
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<Matrix> blockJacobiAdjacency(const Grid& grid,
             parameters_.template init<TypeTag>();
             prm_ = setupPropertyTree(parameters_,
                                      EWOMS_PARAM_IS_SET(TypeTag, int, LinearSolverMaxIter),
-                                     EWOMS_PARAM_IS_SET(TypeTag, int, CprMaxEllIter));
+                                     EWOMS_PARAM_IS_SET(TypeTag, double, LinearSolverReduction));
 
 #if COMPILE_BDA_BRIDGE
             {
diff --git a/opm/simulators/linalg/setupPropertyTree.cpp b/opm/simulators/linalg/setupPropertyTree.cpp
index aef6628e1..8da9efedf 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/linalg/setupPropertyTree.cpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/linalg/setupPropertyTree.cpp
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ namespace Opm
 /// from file the data in the JSON file will override any other options.
 PropertyTree
 setupPropertyTree(FlowLinearSolverParameters p, // Note: copying the parameters to potentially override.
-                  bool LinearSolverMaxIterSet,
-                  bool CprMaxEllIterSet)
+                  bool linearSolverMaxIterSet,
+                  bool linearSolverReductionSet)
 {
     std::string conf = p.linsolver_;
 
@@ -68,22 +68,26 @@ setupPropertyTree(FlowLinearSolverParameters p, // Note: copying the parameters
             // Treat "cpr" as short cut for the true IMPES variant.
             conf = "cpr_trueimpes";
         }
-        if (!LinearSolverMaxIterSet) {
+        if (!linearSolverMaxIterSet) {
             // Use our own default unless it was explicitly overridden by user.
             p.linear_solver_maxiter_ = 20;
         }
-        if (!CprMaxEllIterSet) {
+        if (!linearSolverReductionSet) {
             // Use our own default unless it was explicitly overridden by user.
-            p.cpr_max_ell_iter_ = 1;
+            p.linear_solver_reduction_ = 0.005;
         }
         return setupCPR(conf, p);
     }
 
     if ((conf == "cprw")) {
-        if (!LinearSolverMaxIterSet) {
+        if (!linearSolverMaxIterSet) {
             // Use our own default unless it was explicitly overridden by user.
             p.linear_solver_maxiter_ = 20;
         }
+        if (!linearSolverReductionSet) {
+            // Use our own default unless it was explicitly overridden by user.
+            p.linear_solver_reduction_ = 0.005;
+        }
         return setupCPRW(conf, p);
     }
 
@@ -145,7 +149,7 @@ setupCPRW(const std::string& /*conf*/, const FlowLinearSolverParameters& p)
     prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.type", "amg"s);
     prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.alpha", 0.333333333333);
     prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.relaxation", 1.0);
-    prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.iterations", p.cpr_max_ell_iter_);
+    prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.iterations", 1);
     prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.coarsenTarget", 1200);
     prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.pre_smooth", 1);
     prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.post_smooth", 1);
@@ -191,11 +195,11 @@ setupCPR(const std::string& conf, const FlowLinearSolverParameters& p)
     prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.type", "amg"s);
     prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.alpha", 0.333333333333);
     prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.relaxation", 1.0);
-    prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.iterations", p.cpr_max_ell_iter_);
+    prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.iterations", 1);
     prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.coarsenTarget", 1200);
     prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.pre_smooth", 1);
     prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.post_smooth", 1);
-    prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.beta", 1e-5);
+    prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.beta", 0.0);
     prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.smoother", "ILU0"s);
     prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.verbosity", 0);
     prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.maxlevel", 15);
@@ -204,7 +208,7 @@ setupCPR(const std::string& conf, const FlowLinearSolverParameters& p)
     // graph might be unsymmetric and hence not supported by the PTScotch/ParMetis
     // calls in DUNE. Accumulating to 1 skips PTScotch/ParMetis
     prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.accumulate", 1);
-    prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.prolongationdamping", 1.6);
+    prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.prolongationdamping", 1.0);
     prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.maxdistance", 2);
     prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.maxconnectivity", 15);
     prm.put("preconditioner.coarsesolver.preconditioner.maxaggsize", 6);