diff --git a/applications/solvers/incompressible/simpleFoam/UEqn.H b/applications/solvers/incompressible/simpleFoam/UEqn.H
index 1b7c2d865..6214fb148 100644
--- a/applications/solvers/incompressible/simpleFoam/UEqn.H
+++ b/applications/solvers/incompressible/simpleFoam/UEqn.H
@@ -6,8 +6,5 @@
       + turbulence->divDevReff()
     );
 
-    // Relax the equation
-    UEqn().relax();
-
     // Momentum solution
-    solve(UEqn() == -fvc::grad(p));
+    solve(relax(UEqn()) == -fvc::grad(p));