diff --git a/tutorials/immersedBoundary/refiningMovingCylinderInChannelIco/0_org/U b/tutorials/immersedBoundary/refiningMovingCylinderInChannelIco/0_org/U
index 081d6f982..c6532cbe3 100644
--- a/tutorials/immersedBoundary/refiningMovingCylinderInChannelIco/0_org/U
+++ b/tutorials/immersedBoundary/refiningMovingCylinderInChannelIco/0_org/U
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ boundaryField
     }
     frontAndBack
     {
-        type symmetryPlane;
+        type empty;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tutorials/immersedBoundary/refiningMovingCylinderInChannelIco/0_org/p b/tutorials/immersedBoundary/refiningMovingCylinderInChannelIco/0_org/p
index 3a6802723..874c01719 100644
--- a/tutorials/immersedBoundary/refiningMovingCylinderInChannelIco/0_org/p
+++ b/tutorials/immersedBoundary/refiningMovingCylinderInChannelIco/0_org/p
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ boundaryField
     }
     frontAndBack
     {
-        type symmetryPlane;
+        type empty;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tutorials/immersedBoundary/refiningMovingCylinderInChannelIco/save/boundary b/tutorials/immersedBoundary/refiningMovingCylinderInChannelIco/save/boundary
index 7a8a145c7..c0f4b4904 100644
--- a/tutorials/immersedBoundary/refiningMovingCylinderInChannelIco/save/boundary
+++ b/tutorials/immersedBoundary/refiningMovingCylinderInChannelIco/save/boundary
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ FoamFile
     }
     frontAndBack
     {
-        type            symmetryPlane;
+        type            empty;
         nFaces          3750;
         startFace       3850;
     }