diff --git a/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoPimpleAdiabaticFoam/createFields.H b/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoPimpleAdiabaticFoam/createFields.H
index 245406c54c..4fd5569a33 100644
--- a/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoPimpleAdiabaticFoam/createFields.H
+++ b/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoPimpleAdiabaticFoam/createFields.H
@@ -81,19 +81,6 @@ autoPtr<compressible::turbulenceModel> turbulence
 
 mesh.setFluxRequired(p.name());
 
-Info<< "Creating field dpdt\n" << endl;
-volScalarField dpdt
-(
-    IOobject
-    (
-        "dpdt",
-        runTime.timeName(),
-        mesh
-    ),
-    mesh,
-    dimensionedScalar(p.dimensions()/dimTime, Zero)
-);
-
 #include "createMRF.H"
 
 Info<< "Creating compressibility field psi\n" << endl;
diff --git a/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoPimpleAdiabaticFoam/pEqn.H b/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoPimpleAdiabaticFoam/pEqn.H
index 75d184510c..27398f42bd 100644
--- a/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoPimpleAdiabaticFoam/pEqn.H
+++ b/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoPimpleAdiabaticFoam/pEqn.H
@@ -87,9 +87,3 @@
 }
 
 rho = thermo.rho();
-
-if (thermo.dpdt())
-{
-    dpdt = fvc::ddt(p);
-}
-