diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMesh.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMesh.C
index 90def002a6..60255c69d9 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMesh.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMesh.C
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ void writeMesh
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+    Foam::argList::removeOption("noFunctionObjects");
     #include "addOverwriteOption.H"
     Foam::argList::addBoolOption
     (