diff --git a/src/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundaryFvPatchFields/basic/fixedValueIbFvPatchField/fixedValueIbFvPatchField.C b/src/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundaryFvPatchFields/basic/fixedValueIbFvPatchField/fixedValueIbFvPatchField.C
index 84581def3..940201fe5 100644
--- a/src/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundaryFvPatchFields/basic/fixedValueIbFvPatchField/fixedValueIbFvPatchField.C
+++ b/src/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundaryFvPatchFields/basic/fixedValueIbFvPatchField/fixedValueIbFvPatchField.C
@@ -253,8 +253,6 @@ void fixedValueIbFvPatchField<Type>::write(Ostream& os) const
 {
     // Resolve post-processing issues.  HJ, 1/Dec/2017
     fvPatchField<Type>::write(os);
-    os.writeKeyword("patchType")
-        << immersedBoundaryFvPatch::typeName << token::END_STATEMENT << nl;
     triValue_.writeEntry("triValue", os);
 
     // The value entry needs to be written with zero size
diff --git a/src/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundaryFvPatchFields/basic/mixedIbFvPatchField/mixedIbFvPatchField.C b/src/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundaryFvPatchFields/basic/mixedIbFvPatchField/mixedIbFvPatchField.C
index f86e645f9..fb15e5a8e 100644
--- a/src/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundaryFvPatchFields/basic/mixedIbFvPatchField/mixedIbFvPatchField.C
+++ b/src/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundaryFvPatchFields/basic/mixedIbFvPatchField/mixedIbFvPatchField.C
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ void mixedIbFvPatchField<Type>::autoMap
 {
     // Base fields do not map: re-interpolate them from tri data
     this->updateIbValues();
-    mixedFvPatchField<Type>::evaluate();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundaryFvPatchFields/immersedBoundaryFieldBase/immersedBoundaryFieldBase.C b/src/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundaryFvPatchFields/immersedBoundaryFieldBase/immersedBoundaryFieldBase.C
index 70266e029..05bcd7ab0 100644
--- a/src/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundaryFvPatchFields/immersedBoundaryFieldBase/immersedBoundaryFieldBase.C
+++ b/src/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundary/immersedBoundaryFvPatchFields/immersedBoundaryFieldBase/immersedBoundaryFieldBase.C
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ void Foam::immersedBoundaryFieldBase<Type>::setDeadValues
 template<class Type>
 void Foam::immersedBoundaryFieldBase<Type>::writeDeadData(Ostream& os) const
 {
-    os.writeKeyword("patchType")
-        << immersedBoundaryFvPatch::typeName << token::END_STATEMENT << nl;
     os.writeKeyword("setDeadValue")
         << setDeadValue_ << token::END_STATEMENT << nl;
     os.writeKeyword("deadValue")