diff --git a/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/reconstructParMesh/reconstructParMesh.C b/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/reconstructParMesh/reconstructParMesh.C
index 794ee2250..cb931aed1 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/reconstructParMesh/reconstructParMesh.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/parallelProcessing/reconstructParMesh/reconstructParMesh.C
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     processorMeshesReconstructor procMeshes
     (
         databases,
-        regionName,
-        true         // read meshes
+        regionName
     );
 
     autoPtr<fvMesh> meshPtr = procMeshes.reconstructMesh(runTime);