diff --git a/examples/CoolingBox/coolingBox.yml b/examples/CoolingBox/coolingBox.yml
index 7b8dbf4bddf8d994dabf34ea68ea55b32a3b4d8a..1dbf06dec7c5ce2060b3dbb9be140fbb639a2a7a 100644
--- a/examples/CoolingBox/coolingBox.yml
+++ b/examples/CoolingBox/coolingBox.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/CoolingHalo/cooling_halo.yml b/examples/CoolingHalo/cooling_halo.yml
index e8978ad6c96017d9b5fbe35346555e6b59bc7e7d..b6f6822224bbf25c4289898656a5863028d0d119 100644
--- a/examples/CoolingHalo/cooling_halo.yml
+++ b/examples/CoolingHalo/cooling_halo.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Snapshots:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2349   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2349 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      1.       # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/CoolingHaloWithSpin/cooling_halo.yml b/examples/CoolingHaloWithSpin/cooling_halo.yml
index fc5094f9f5dcae62bb936d2b5510f41e3c70504e..5d46f957434c823a97f7d07f73afd5c806358e6f 100644
--- a/examples/CoolingHaloWithSpin/cooling_halo.yml
+++ b/examples/CoolingHaloWithSpin/cooling_halo.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Snapshots:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2349   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2349 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      1.       # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/CosmoVolume/cosmoVolume.yml b/examples/CosmoVolume/cosmoVolume.yml
index 46189bf25f26d46cbd1e5321b00298cd5553eb59..c114c4b95cc4f11218a7d410f9caeaf96abdf696 100644
--- a/examples/CosmoVolume/cosmoVolume.yml
+++ b/examples/CosmoVolume/cosmoVolume.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_100/eagle_100.yml b/examples/EAGLE_100/eagle_100.yml
index 1ea1518825debe56cb8462c4a1b398c03c257bfe..afe421a0af0c28c1ee93c6e173af393b54caf09c 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_100/eagle_100.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_100/eagle_100.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ Gravity:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml b/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
index f56c330590ac25cc5b3fe8f68ed68aa1e94d6490..cc5d87ca025fbb950b8b5c46c62831c5ec5bb003 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ Gravity:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml b/examples/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
index 5dee9dad0b5d7f694c61fa4c983ead0f1cd6e5e2..5cced70ed7b94ab572492eb57eb929925bb3157a 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ Gravity:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml b/examples/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
index 898c28935abd02ec115ce107bdcfa4006c41dc48..05199ae8e7e36164e592ad94ac608540381b485f 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ Gravity:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/EAGLE_6/eagle_6.yml b/examples/EAGLE_6/eagle_6.yml
index 346d2c0627ce2fdc1147d0d34fd4faab25b76559..3bfe4b53f5582625cf0ba1a4eefed13cac2f9c71 100644
--- a/examples/EAGLE_6/eagle_6.yml
+++ b/examples/EAGLE_6/eagle_6.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ Gravity:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/ExternalPointMass/externalPointMass.yml b/examples/ExternalPointMass/externalPointMass.yml
index 20b5bb3aa613d553d8c401e968d8ebfc0572e610..a5077ee4437c1905d104676ee201a3be7c5391e8 100644
--- a/examples/ExternalPointMass/externalPointMass.yml
+++ b/examples/ExternalPointMass/externalPointMass.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/Gradients/gradientsCartesian.yml b/examples/Gradients/gradientsCartesian.yml
index 61192e52393d88501408ac3982afeff2dc58f727..b2131bdd4d3a9242d30ff0f32b7bf3395cb433a8 100644
--- a/examples/Gradients/gradientsCartesian.yml
+++ b/examples/Gradients/gradientsCartesian.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/Gradients/gradientsRandom.yml b/examples/Gradients/gradientsRandom.yml
index 75e6e65c92b79f6883616b91a9345a56ca7330c8..57ae849898bf8ccd63ccd7a5d685f9690403403d 100644
--- a/examples/Gradients/gradientsRandom.yml
+++ b/examples/Gradients/gradientsRandom.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/Gradients/gradientsStretched.yml b/examples/Gradients/gradientsStretched.yml
index 71c75533d13ff35b1f5bd707917fff116764187f..8bb8e099d05f7d16ae1eafe91d869c0d96884989 100644
--- a/examples/Gradients/gradientsStretched.yml
+++ b/examples/Gradients/gradientsStretched.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/GreshoVortex_2D/gresho.yml b/examples/GreshoVortex_2D/gresho.yml
index 746bad295448f6513c31431e9e206143e9565328..df941450196a7de6cd1471e1d258756ca8c36fb1 100644
--- a/examples/GreshoVortex_2D/gresho.yml
+++ b/examples/GreshoVortex_2D/gresho.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/HydrostaticHalo/hydrostatic.yml b/examples/HydrostaticHalo/hydrostatic.yml
index d20d6018f323de0628a0500d8ba767018711fd0a..64144c6d9fe6e6d4e0731b16e8b694d92d6a4a3c 100644
--- a/examples/HydrostaticHalo/hydrostatic.yml
+++ b/examples/HydrostaticHalo/hydrostatic.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Snapshots:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2349   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2349 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/KelvinHelmholtz_2D/kelvinHelmholtz.yml b/examples/KelvinHelmholtz_2D/kelvinHelmholtz.yml
index a229ecbdedba00d334ad9d3b80dce187b4ac0224..19f036c364c4e9f40580e906e2840cad6df378a0 100644
--- a/examples/KelvinHelmholtz_2D/kelvinHelmholtz.yml
+++ b/examples/KelvinHelmholtz_2D/kelvinHelmholtz.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ InternalUnitSystem:
   UnitVelocity_in_cgs: 1   # Centimeters per second
   UnitCurrent_in_cgs:  1   # Amperes
   UnitTemp_in_cgs:     1   # Kelvin
-
-Scheduler:
-  max_top_level_cells: 30
   
 # Parameters governing the time integration
 TimeIntegration:
@@ -29,7 +26,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/MultiTypes/multiTypes.yml b/examples/MultiTypes/multiTypes.yml
index c1b37ab02698c71f75e548a6801e059c3e1741a9..5872634cd620e0b7e2b7edb3a38e363c34229b9a 100644
--- a/examples/MultiTypes/multiTypes.yml
+++ b/examples/MultiTypes/multiTypes.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/Noh_1D/noh.yml b/examples/Noh_1D/noh.yml
index 911ebbdc1ca82f9b5cf2f70841d848008cbc5f6c..978c97460abb6e58dd3a835041ba597ca133babd 100644
--- a/examples/Noh_1D/noh.yml
+++ b/examples/Noh_1D/noh.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/Noh_2D/noh.yml b/examples/Noh_2D/noh.yml
index 911ebbdc1ca82f9b5cf2f70841d848008cbc5f6c..978c97460abb6e58dd3a835041ba597ca133babd 100644
--- a/examples/Noh_2D/noh.yml
+++ b/examples/Noh_2D/noh.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/Noh_3D/noh.yml b/examples/Noh_3D/noh.yml
index 911ebbdc1ca82f9b5cf2f70841d848008cbc5f6c..978c97460abb6e58dd3a835041ba597ca133babd 100644
--- a/examples/Noh_3D/noh.yml
+++ b/examples/Noh_3D/noh.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/SedovBlast_1D/sedov.yml b/examples/SedovBlast_1D/sedov.yml
index 87ab2e81e11e184eebbe024ea75ac9205f7530c5..5ef105b06c23ba577129f29a817c058457e7387f 100644
--- a/examples/SedovBlast_1D/sedov.yml
+++ b/examples/SedovBlast_1D/sedov.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/SedovBlast_2D/sedov.yml b/examples/SedovBlast_2D/sedov.yml
index 1cc4aced9af3314cadde44f768016225426addf6..098ca7a0d6264f016727709723aafdfb1224d460 100644
--- a/examples/SedovBlast_2D/sedov.yml
+++ b/examples/SedovBlast_2D/sedov.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/SedovBlast_3D/sedov.yml b/examples/SedovBlast_3D/sedov.yml
index 865755743b3b73af29a10811f6571d80ca933f15..b80be1954491b19234ce7385baed83931d82433f 100644
--- a/examples/SedovBlast_3D/sedov.yml
+++ b/examples/SedovBlast_3D/sedov.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/SineWavePotential_1D/sineWavePotential.yml b/examples/SineWavePotential_1D/sineWavePotential.yml
index 1f98b47a0e3c72e77a2024aebf4dcd863ed02e9b..9662841032a12d48870f12de8c1bcfcd579a6b42 100644
--- a/examples/SineWavePotential_1D/sineWavePotential.yml
+++ b/examples/SineWavePotential_1D/sineWavePotential.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Snapshots:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2349   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2349 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/SineWavePotential_2D/sineWavePotential.yml b/examples/SineWavePotential_2D/sineWavePotential.yml
index f5a565ce4db46676c1f1f340f00025decea19644..9107652f65c343d68fc92e699d45710265d65308 100644
--- a/examples/SineWavePotential_2D/sineWavePotential.yml
+++ b/examples/SineWavePotential_2D/sineWavePotential.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Snapshots:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2349   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2349 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/SineWavePotential_3D/sineWavePotential.yml b/examples/SineWavePotential_3D/sineWavePotential.yml
index 391383568a5a94bd492cb228da4a7d4d24db413f..8a49d8bc40eb662d62b2b6550b70fe380a7564f5 100644
--- a/examples/SineWavePotential_3D/sineWavePotential.yml
+++ b/examples/SineWavePotential_3D/sineWavePotential.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Snapshots:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2349   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2349 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/SodShock_1D/sodShock.yml b/examples/SodShock_1D/sodShock.yml
index a5759109e48b7e7eb9cbd15957cf438edd909f1f..e827edadb9c287975d83214249d4fdd7734a5f6c 100644
--- a/examples/SodShock_1D/sodShock.yml
+++ b/examples/SodShock_1D/sodShock.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/SodShock_2D/sodShock.yml b/examples/SodShock_2D/sodShock.yml
index 7ee61adf38b41012ed4d77a882640b826f15dec1..51a188b6d4537d490cb837a03dab15f74c3b083c 100644
--- a/examples/SodShock_2D/sodShock.yml
+++ b/examples/SodShock_2D/sodShock.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ InternalUnitSystem:
   UnitCurrent_in_cgs:  1   # Amperes
   UnitTemp_in_cgs:     1   # Kelvin
 
-Scheduler:
-  max_top_level_cells: 60
-  
 # Parameters governing the time integration
 TimeIntegration:
   time_begin: 0.    # The starting time of the simulation (in internal units).
@@ -29,7 +26,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/SodShock_3D/sodShock.yml b/examples/SodShock_3D/sodShock.yml
index e7e01fa36bf93105371aa97336e18535e4078853..51a188b6d4537d490cb837a03dab15f74c3b083c 100644
--- a/examples/SodShock_3D/sodShock.yml
+++ b/examples/SodShock_3D/sodShock.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
 
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/SquareTest_2D/square.yml b/examples/SquareTest_2D/square.yml
index 40ccf41cec99f82f9c208f9f719323d32caea19b..b700c441a619ef8faac52656909567c944e344c3 100644
--- a/examples/SquareTest_2D/square.yml
+++ b/examples/SquareTest_2D/square.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ InternalUnitSystem:
   UnitCurrent_in_cgs:  1   # Amperes
   UnitTemp_in_cgs:     1   # Kelvin
 
-Scheduler:
-  max_top_level_cells: 15
-  
 # Parameters governing the time integration
 TimeIntegration:
   time_begin: 0.    # The starting time of the simulation (in internal units).
@@ -29,7 +26,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/UniformBox_2D/uniformPlane.yml b/examples/UniformBox_2D/uniformPlane.yml
index 0354f8e78eea17a41b3ed02e615cd3fb216f59c0..58fe0d50557db0c0624fe89cbde888d2c92775e5 100644
--- a/examples/UniformBox_2D/uniformPlane.yml
+++ b/examples/UniformBox_2D/uniformPlane.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
diff --git a/examples/UniformBox_3D/uniformBox.yml b/examples/UniformBox_3D/uniformBox.yml
index e75c878389be83304dbb9670e20a6aaf03c9c6e0..17dd5632edd345802402cb9c6d1dcf184e909806 100644
--- a/examples/UniformBox_3D/uniformBox.yml
+++ b/examples/UniformBox_3D/uniformBox.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Statistics:
 # Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
 SPH:
   resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  delta_neighbours:      0.1      # The tolerance for the targetted number of neighbours.
   CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
   
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions