diff --git a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/U b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/U
index 5c19bbed44..cb3d319ea8 100644
--- a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/U
+++ b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/U
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ boundaryField
         value           uniform (0 0 0);
     }
 
-    axis
-    {
-        type            symmetryPlane;
-    }
-
     left
     {
         type            pressureInletOutletVelocity;
diff --git a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/p b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/p
index e18fa649d7..6a14042c40 100644
--- a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/p
+++ b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/p
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ boundaryField
         type            zeroGradient;
     }
 
-    axis
-    {
-        type            symmetryPlane;
-    }
-
     left
     {
         type            totalPressure;
diff --git a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/pointMotionUx b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/pointMotionUx
index b9c1cef078..74570f1b72 100644
--- a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/pointMotionUx
+++ b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/pointMotionUx
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ boundaryField
         type            uniformFixedValue;
         uniformValue    constant 0;
     }
-    axis
-    {
-        type            symmetryPlane;
-    }
     left
     {
         type            uniformFixedValue;
diff --git a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/constant/polyMesh/blockMeshDict b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/constant/polyMesh/blockMeshDict
index 82fb8079e3..d6031d83f3 100644
--- a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/constant/polyMesh/blockMeshDict
+++ b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/constant/polyMesh/blockMeshDict
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ boundary
     }
     axis
     {
-        type symmetryPlane;
+        type empty;
         faces
         (
             (0 1 1 0)