diff --git a/src/ELECTRODE/fix_electrode_conp.cpp b/src/ELECTRODE/fix_electrode_conp.cpp
index 48d0dfdb7c..5e92af7a82 100644
--- a/src/ELECTRODE/fix_electrode_conp.cpp
+++ b/src/ELECTRODE/fix_electrode_conp.cpp
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ void FixElectrodeConp::setup_post_neighbor()
     if (read_mat)
       read_from_file(input_file_mat, elastance, "elastance");
     else if (!read_inv) {
-      if (etypes_neighlists) neighbor->build_one(mat_neighlist, 0);
+      if (etypes_neighlists) neighbor->build_one(mat_neighlist);
       auto array_compute = std::unique_ptr<ElectrodeMatrix>(new ElectrodeMatrix(lmp, igroup, eta));
       array_compute->setup(tag_to_iele, pair, mat_neighlist);
       if (etaflag) array_compute->setup_eta(eta_index);
diff --git a/src/EXTRA-COMPUTE/compute_hma.cpp b/src/EXTRA-COMPUTE/compute_hma.cpp
index 592c8501c1..8ddc413477 100644
--- a/src/EXTRA-COMPUTE/compute_hma.cpp
+++ b/src/EXTRA-COMPUTE/compute_hma.cpp
@@ -291,8 +291,7 @@ void ComputeHMA::compute_vector()
       double *special_coul = force->special_coul;
       int newton_pair = force->newton_pair;
 
-      if (update->firststep == update->ntimestep) neighbor->build_one(list,1);
-      else neighbor->build_one(list);
+      neighbor->build_one(list);
       int inum = list->inum;
       int *ilist = list->ilist;
       int *numneigh = list->numneigh;