diff --git a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/faceAgglomerate/faceAgglomerate.C b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/faceAgglomerate/faceAgglomerate.C
index 9bd7ffc250..d11354f747 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/faceAgglomerate/faceAgglomerate.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/faceAgglomerate/faceAgglomerate.C
@@ -58,10 +58,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     const word dictName("viewFactorsDict");
 
     // Read control dictionary
-    const IOdictionary agglomDict
-    (
-        systemDict(dictName, args, runTime, word::null, runTime.constant())
-    );
+    const IOdictionary agglomDict(systemDict(dictName, args, runTime));
 
     bool writeAgglom = readBool(agglomDict.lookup("writeFacesAgglomeration"));
 
diff --git a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/viewFactorsGen/viewFactorsGen.C b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/viewFactorsGen/viewFactorsGen.C
index c74d4347a6..f3994f85b7 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/viewFactorsGen/viewFactorsGen.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/viewFactorsGen/viewFactorsGen.C
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
        IOobject
        (
             "viewFactorsDict",
-            runTime.constant(),
+            runTime.system(),
             mesh,
             IOobject::MUST_READ_IF_MODIFIED,
             IOobject::NO_WRITE