diff --git a/src/foam/meshes/polyMesh/CoherentMesh/nonblockConsensus.C b/src/foam/meshes/polyMesh/CoherentMesh/nonblockConsensus.C
index e30e004..3b0ff39 100644
--- a/src/foam/meshes/polyMesh/CoherentMesh/nonblockConsensus.C
+++ b/src/foam/meshes/polyMesh/CoherentMesh/nonblockConsensus.C
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ Foam::nonblockConsensus(const std::map<Foam::label, Foam::label>& data)
 {
     int tag = 314159;
     bool barrier_activated = false;
-    MPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD);
     std::vector<MPI_Request> issRequests{};
     for (const auto& msg: data)
     {
diff --git a/src/foam/meshes/polyMesh/CoherentMesh/nonblockConsensusI.H b/src/foam/meshes/polyMesh/CoherentMesh/nonblockConsensusI.H
index 7d9057f..716339f 100644
--- a/src/foam/meshes/polyMesh/CoherentMesh/nonblockConsensusI.H
+++ b/src/foam/meshes/polyMesh/CoherentMesh/nonblockConsensusI.H
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ Foam::nonblockConsensus
 {
     int tag = 314159;
     bool barrier_activated = false;
-    MPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD);
     std::vector<MPI_Request> issRequests{};
     for (const auto& msg: data)
     {