diff --git a/EPW/examples/diamond/epw/epw.in b/EPW/examples/diamond/epw/epw.in
index aa6bc8f13e0af7b27376ccd347041ad4b4fd456d..ea0a3a514611de916d7ea011c0f3c7408f9c62ff 100644
--- a/EPW/examples/diamond/epw/epw.in
+++ b/EPW/examples/diamond/epw/epw.in
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
   phonselfen  = .true.
   a2f         = .false.
 
-  parallel_k  = .true.
-  parallel_q  = .false.
 
   fsthick     = 1.36056981 ! eV 
   eptemp      = 300 ! K (same as PRB 76, 165108)
diff --git a/EPW/examples/diamond/epw/epw2.in b/EPW/examples/diamond/epw/epw2.in
index 1df9e783cd23b6da1817ce620279ffc32ba58fe8..6dc118d372f00460276560d5cd5c49ef4bef0d77 100644
--- a/EPW/examples/diamond/epw/epw2.in
+++ b/EPW/examples/diamond/epw/epw2.in
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
   phonselfen  = .false. 
   a2f         = .false.
 
-  parallel_k  = .true.
-  parallel_q  = .false.
 
   fsthick     = 1.36056981 ! eV 
   eptemp      = 300 ! K (same as PRB 76, 165108)
diff --git a/EPW/examples/diamond/epw/epw3.in b/EPW/examples/diamond/epw/epw3.in
index ecfb2cf8f47eb54dfb5a450447b18aabb0b11f8b..150687a8f409e1127fdbf776924eeb41f3ccf734 100644
--- a/EPW/examples/diamond/epw/epw3.in
+++ b/EPW/examples/diamond/epw/epw3.in
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
   wmax_specfun = 1
   nw_specfun   = 500
 
-  parallel_k  = .true.
-  parallel_q  = .false.
 
   fsthick     = 1.36056981 ! eV 
   eptemp      = 0.01 ! K (same as PRB 76, 165108)
diff --git a/EPW/examples/gan/epw/epw.in b/EPW/examples/gan/epw/epw.in
index 69759a557d6890a741e9bd0dd233deb8c3e7480c..acbf1698d61a63cfad549ee83f0fea1eb687d148 100644
--- a/EPW/examples/gan/epw/epw.in
+++ b/EPW/examples/gan/epw/epw.in
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
   phonselfen  = .false.
   a2f         = .false.
 
-  parallel_k  = .true.
-  parallel_q  = .false.
 
   fsthick     = 3.0
   eptemp      = 300.0
diff --git a/EPW/examples/mgb2/epw/epw.in b/EPW/examples/mgb2/epw/epw.in
index bc0448f7d2779d7cc3393b87b78140824dcfff75..ea0ef8306b8242c2b651df3165522e603c1f1439 100644
--- a/EPW/examples/mgb2/epw/epw.in
+++ b/EPW/examples/mgb2/epw/epw.in
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 
   iverbosity  = 2
 
-  parallel_k  = .true.
-  parallel_q  = .false.
 
   eps_acustic = 2.0    ! Lowest boundary for the 
   ephwrite    = .true. ! Writes .ephmat files used when wliasberg = .true.
diff --git a/EPW/examples/pb/wSOC/epw/epw.in b/EPW/examples/pb/wSOC/epw/epw.in
index 065f5e91b41bbf20990ffb9273883db6f10f1abe..321f4cd579b2bfa459045768ec7371ee836878bc 100644
--- a/EPW/examples/pb/wSOC/epw/epw.in
+++ b/EPW/examples/pb/wSOC/epw/epw.in
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
   elecselfen  = .true.
   phonselfen  = .true.
 
-  parallel_k  = .true.
-  parallel_q  = .false.
 
   fsthick     = 6 ! eV
   eptemp      = 0.0 ! K
diff --git a/EPW/examples/pb/woSOC/epw/epw.in b/EPW/examples/pb/woSOC/epw/epw.in
index c8dd47dccde2baa2f7737bff5406da3d08da5516..00967e45d4628afcfc98fdf00a52dc1faf47269f 100644
--- a/EPW/examples/pb/woSOC/epw/epw.in
+++ b/EPW/examples/pb/woSOC/epw/epw.in
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
   elecselfen  = .false. 
   phonselfen  = .true.
 
-  parallel_k  = .true.
-  parallel_q  = .false.
 
   fsthick     = 6 ! eV
   eptemp      = 0.075 ! K
diff --git a/EPW/examples/sic/epw/epw.in b/EPW/examples/sic/epw/epw.in
index d1fa343530ab93179bad8b9d7b4614138a7bb022..da6ff56a9f75fd6d7390423b586ee960d82c2cb9 100644
--- a/EPW/examples/sic/epw/epw.in
+++ b/EPW/examples/sic/epw/epw.in
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
   phonselfen  = .true.
   a2f         = .true.
 
-  parallel_k  = .true.
-  parallel_q  = .false.
 
   fsthick     = 2.80284905 ! eV
   eptemp      = 200 ! K