diff --git a/applications/utilities/miscellaneous/foamDictionary/foamDictionary.C b/applications/utilities/miscellaneous/foamDictionary/foamDictionary.C
index 8681a4a8a..c6ca1a70f 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/miscellaneous/foamDictionary/foamDictionary.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/miscellaneous/foamDictionary/foamDictionary.C
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   =========                 |
   \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
    \\    /   O peration     |
-    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2016-2017 OpenFOAM Foundation
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2016-2018 OpenFOAM Foundation
      \\/     M anipulation  |
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
@@ -298,11 +298,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         Foam::functionEntries::includeEntry::log = true;
     }
 
-    const bool disableEntries = args.optionFound("disableFunctionEntries");
-    if (disableEntries)
+    if (args.optionFound("disableFunctionEntries"))
     {
-        Info<< "Not expanding variables or dictionary directives"
-            << endl;
         entry::disableFunctionEntries = true;
     }
 
diff --git a/bin/tools/RunFunctions b/bin/tools/RunFunctions
index 0c1193b2e..924a2b108 100644
--- a/bin/tools/RunFunctions
+++ b/bin/tools/RunFunctions
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ isTest()
 
 getNumberOfProcessors()
 {
-    foamDictionary -entry numberOfSubdomains -value system/decomposeParDict
+    foamDictionary -disableFunctionEntries -entry numberOfSubdomains -value system/decomposeParDict
 }
 
 getApplication()
 {
-    foamDictionary -entry application -value system/controlDict
+    foamDictionary -disableFunctionEntries -entry application -value system/controlDict
 }
 
 runApplication()