diff --git a/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoPorousSimpleFoam/UEqn.H b/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoPorousSimpleFoam/UEqn.H
index 4150cd7503..5460944288 100644
--- a/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoPorousSimpleFoam/UEqn.H
+++ b/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoPorousSimpleFoam/UEqn.H
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     tmp<fvVectorMatrix> UEqn
     (
         fvm::div(phi, U)
-      - fvm::Sp(fvc::div(phi), U)
       + turbulence->divDevRhoReff(U)
     );
 
diff --git a/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoSimpleFoam/UEqn.H b/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoSimpleFoam/UEqn.H
index c41bc9b6c7..401e1203d2 100644
--- a/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoSimpleFoam/UEqn.H
+++ b/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoSimpleFoam/UEqn.H
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     tmp<fvVectorMatrix> UEqn
     (
         fvm::div(phi, U)
-      - fvm::Sp(fvc::div(phi), U)
       + turbulence->divDevRhoReff(U)
     );
 
diff --git a/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoSimplecFoam/UEqn.H b/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoSimplecFoam/UEqn.H
index c41bc9b6c7..401e1203d2 100644
--- a/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoSimplecFoam/UEqn.H
+++ b/applications/solvers/compressible/rhoSimplecFoam/UEqn.H
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     tmp<fvVectorMatrix> UEqn
     (
         fvm::div(phi, U)
-      - fvm::Sp(fvc::div(phi), U)
       + turbulence->divDevRhoReff(U)
     );
 
diff --git a/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/buoyantBoussinesqSimpleFoam/UEqn.H b/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/buoyantBoussinesqSimpleFoam/UEqn.H
index a813a2d8b7..bcf99e1668 100644
--- a/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/buoyantBoussinesqSimpleFoam/UEqn.H
+++ b/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/buoyantBoussinesqSimpleFoam/UEqn.H
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     tmp<fvVectorMatrix> UEqn
     (
         fvm::div(phi, U)
-      - fvm::Sp(fvc::div(phi), U)
       + turbulence->divDevReff(U)
     );
 
diff --git a/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/buoyantSimpleFoam/UEqn.H b/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/buoyantSimpleFoam/UEqn.H
index aa476b4dc8..0170d6e384 100644
--- a/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/buoyantSimpleFoam/UEqn.H
+++ b/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/buoyantSimpleFoam/UEqn.H
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     tmp<fvVectorMatrix> UEqn
     (
         fvm::div(phi, U)
-      - fvm::Sp(fvc::div(phi), U)
       + turbulence->divDevRhoReff(U)
     );
 
diff --git a/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam/fluid/UEqn.H b/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam/fluid/UEqn.H
index 1cbafe368a..7f317cc2e6 100644
--- a/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam/fluid/UEqn.H
+++ b/applications/solvers/heatTransfer/chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam/fluid/UEqn.H
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
     tmp<fvVectorMatrix> UEqn
     (
         fvm::div(phi, U)
-      - fvm::Sp(fvc::div(phi), U)
       + turb.divDevRhoReff(U)
     );
 
diff --git a/applications/solvers/incompressible/porousSimpleFoam/UEqn.H b/applications/solvers/incompressible/porousSimpleFoam/UEqn.H
index c1925c7708..688120809a 100644
--- a/applications/solvers/incompressible/porousSimpleFoam/UEqn.H
+++ b/applications/solvers/incompressible/porousSimpleFoam/UEqn.H
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     tmp<fvVectorMatrix> UEqn
     (
         fvm::div(phi, U)
-      - fvm::Sp(fvc::div(phi), U)
       + turbulence->divDevReff(U)
     );
 
diff --git a/tutorials/incompressible/MRFSimpleFoam/MRFSimpleFoam/MRFSimpleFoam.C b/tutorials/incompressible/MRFSimpleFoam/MRFSimpleFoam/MRFSimpleFoam.C
index c727a74d65..0941f03528 100644
--- a/tutorials/incompressible/MRFSimpleFoam/MRFSimpleFoam/MRFSimpleFoam.C
+++ b/tutorials/incompressible/MRFSimpleFoam/MRFSimpleFoam/MRFSimpleFoam.C
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             tmp<fvVectorMatrix> UEqn
             (
                 fvm::div(phi, U)
-              - fvm::Sp(fvc::div(phi), U)
               + turbulence->divDevReff(U)
             );
             mrfZones.addCoriolis(UEqn());