diff --git a/opm/simulators/flow/FlowBaseVanguard.hpp b/opm/simulators/flow/FlowBaseVanguard.hpp
index fc0200d36..32a88a7f2 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/flow/FlowBaseVanguard.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/flow/FlowBaseVanguard.hpp
@@ -117,34 +117,12 @@ public:
     FlowBaseVanguard(Simulator& simulator)
         : ParentType(simulator)
     {
-        fileName_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::EclDeckFileName>();
-        edgeWeightsMethod_   = Dune::EdgeWeightMethod(Parameters::Get<Parameters::EdgeWeightsMethod>());
-
-#if HAVE_OPENCL || HAVE_ROCSPARSE || HAVE_CUDA
-        numJacobiBlocks_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::NumJacobiBlocks>();
-#endif
-
-        ownersFirst_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::OwnerCellsFirst>();
 #if HAVE_MPI
-        partitionMethod_   = Dune::PartitionMethod(Parameters::Get<Parameters::PartitionMethod>());
-        serialPartitioning_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::SerialPartitioning>();
         imbalanceTol_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::ImbalanceTol<Scalar>>();
 
         zoltanImbalanceTolSet_ = Parameters::IsSet<Parameters::ZoltanImbalanceTol<Scalar>>();
         zoltanImbalanceTol_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::ZoltanImbalanceTol<Scalar>>();
-        zoltanParams_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::ZoltanParams>();
-
-        metisParams_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::MetisParams>();
-
-        externalPartitionFile_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::ExternalPartition>();
 #endif
-        enableDistributedWells_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::AllowDistributedWells>();
-        allow_splitting_inactive_wells_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::AllowSplittingInactiveWells>();
-        ignoredKeywords_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::IgnoreKeywords>();
-        int output_param = Parameters::Get<Parameters::EclOutputInterval>();
-        if (output_param >= 0)
-            outputInterval_ = output_param;
-        useMultisegmentWell_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::UseMultisegmentWell>();
         enableExperiments_ = enableExperiments;
 
         init();
diff --git a/opm/simulators/flow/FlowGenericVanguard.cpp b/opm/simulators/flow/FlowGenericVanguard.cpp
index 2885b2c66..42aee1fad 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/flow/FlowGenericVanguard.cpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/flow/FlowGenericVanguard.cpp
@@ -107,6 +107,32 @@ FlowGenericVanguard::FlowGenericVanguard(SimulationModelParams&& params)
     : python(std::make_shared<Python>())
 {
     defineSimulationModel(std::move(params));
+
+    fileName_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::EclDeckFileName>();
+    edgeWeightsMethod_   = Dune::EdgeWeightMethod(Parameters::Get<Parameters::EdgeWeightsMethod>());
+
+#if HAVE_OPENCL || HAVE_ROCSPARSE || HAVE_CUDA
+        numJacobiBlocks_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::NumJacobiBlocks>();
+#endif
+
+        ownersFirst_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::OwnerCellsFirst>();
+#if HAVE_MPI
+        partitionMethod_   = Dune::PartitionMethod(Parameters::Get<Parameters::PartitionMethod>());
+        serialPartitioning_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::SerialPartitioning>();
+        zoltanParams_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::ZoltanParams>();
+
+        metisParams_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::MetisParams>();
+
+        externalPartitionFile_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::ExternalPartition>();
+#endif
+        enableDistributedWells_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::AllowDistributedWells>();
+        allow_splitting_inactive_wells_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::AllowSplittingInactiveWells>();
+        ignoredKeywords_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::IgnoreKeywords>();
+        int output_param = Parameters::Get<Parameters::EclOutputInterval>();
+        if (output_param >= 0) {
+            outputInterval_ = output_param;
+        }
+        useMultisegmentWell_ = Parameters::Get<Parameters::UseMultisegmentWell>();
 }
 
 FlowGenericVanguard::SimulationModelParams