diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/checkMesh/checkTopology.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/checkMesh/checkTopology.C
index 66bbaa23fc..9eb3b5b4f2 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/checkMesh/checkTopology.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/manipulation/checkMesh/checkTopology.C
@@ -51,35 +51,22 @@ Foam::label Foam::checkTopology
     mesh.boundaryMesh().checkParallelSync(true);
 
     // Check names of zones are equal
-    if (checkSync(mesh.cellZones().names()))
+    mesh.cellZones().checkDefinition(true);
+    if (mesh.cellZones().checkParallelSync(true))
     {
         noFailedChecks++;
     }
-    if (checkSync(mesh.faceZones().names()))
+    mesh.faceZones().checkDefinition(true);
+    if (mesh.faceZones().checkParallelSync(true))
     {
         noFailedChecks++;
     }
-    if (checkSync(mesh.pointZones().names()))
+    mesh.pointZones().checkDefinition(true);
+    if (mesh.pointZones().checkParallelSync(true))
     {
         noFailedChecks++;
     }
 
-    // Check contents of faceZones consistent
-    {
-        forAll(mesh.faceZones(), zoneI)
-        {
-            if (mesh.faceZones()[zoneI].checkParallelSync(false))
-            {
-                Info<< " ***FaceZone " << mesh.faceZones()[zoneI].name()
-                    << " is not correctly synchronised"
-                    << " across coupled boundaries."
-                    << " (coupled faces are either not both "
-                    << " present in set or have same flipmap)" << endl;
-                noFailedChecks++;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     {
         pointSet points(mesh, "unusedPoints", mesh.nPoints()/100);
         if (mesh.checkPoints(true, &points))