diff --git a/examples/CoolingHalo/cooling_halo.yml b/examples/CoolingHalo/cooling_halo.yml
index 5cc77d2e01a8a50f9df79e1196a2ca356cfa36f4..68c3478b717261698ac175835fc246e134e3a6a7 100644
--- a/examples/CoolingHalo/cooling_halo.yml
+++ b/examples/CoolingHalo/cooling_halo.yml
@@ -31,11 +31,9 @@ SPH:
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
 InitialConditions:
   file_name:  CoolingHalo.hdf5       # The file to read
-  shift:      [0.,0.,0.]             # A shift to apply to all particles read from the ICs (in internal units).
  
 # External potential parameters
 IsothermalPotential:
-  position:        [0.,0.,0.] # location of centre of isothermal potential in internal units
   vrot:            200.     # rotation speed of isothermal potential in internal units
   timestep_mult:   0.03     # controls time step
   epsilon:         0.1    #softening for the isothermal potential
diff --git a/examples/CoolingHaloWithSpin/cooling_halo.yml b/examples/CoolingHaloWithSpin/cooling_halo.yml
index ddbd5d0b8498b52092fdb1f956eec6255249a39d..f6e9fe3b124631fc2d5336db8a7ffb18f7b34a95 100644
--- a/examples/CoolingHaloWithSpin/cooling_halo.yml
+++ b/examples/CoolingHaloWithSpin/cooling_halo.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ InitialConditions:
  
 # External potential parameters
 IsothermalPotential:
-  position:        [0.,0.,0.] # Location of centre of isothermal potential in internal units
   vrot:            200.   # Rotation speed of isothermal potential in internal units
   timestep_mult:   0.03   # Controls time step
   epsilon:         1.0    # Softening for the isothermal potential
diff --git a/examples/HydrostaticHalo/hydrostatic.yml b/examples/HydrostaticHalo/hydrostatic.yml
index 93dd80c02df283deb6a074485a3adb9023f9cfc8..c37a5314976c3116eb51040b1feeaa9b23ac1326 100644
--- a/examples/HydrostaticHalo/hydrostatic.yml
+++ b/examples/HydrostaticHalo/hydrostatic.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ InitialConditions:
  
 # External potential parameters
 IsothermalPotential:
-  position:        [0.,0.,0.] # location of centre of isothermal potential in internal units
   vrot:            200.     # rotation speed of isothermal potential in internal units
   epsilon:         1.0
   timestep_mult:   0.03     # controls time step
diff --git a/examples/IsothermalPotential/isothermal.yml b/examples/IsothermalPotential/isothermal.yml
index fd30895ceb617c676c497488b2ad379d63f5c03d..5dd0b831c839b3307a1c118d9bd64bda29da487c 100644
--- a/examples/IsothermalPotential/isothermal.yml
+++ b/examples/IsothermalPotential/isothermal.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ InitialConditions:
  
 # External potential parameters
 IsothermalPotential:
-  position:        [0.,0.,0.] # location of centre of isothermal potential in internal units
   vrot:            200.       # rotation speed of isothermal potential in internal units
   timestep_mult:   0.01       # controls time step
   epsilon:         0.         # No softening at the centre of the halo
diff --git a/examples/KeplerianRing/keplerian_ring.yml b/examples/KeplerianRing/keplerian_ring.yml
index 72a45eabdf9d217a35b440146722ca969eb50c60..cc5db2a06adbe9678207454c6504a6fa315675cf 100644
--- a/examples/KeplerianRing/keplerian_ring.yml
+++ b/examples/KeplerianRing/keplerian_ring.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ SPH:
 # Parameters related to the initial conditions
 InitialConditions:
   file_name:  initial_conditions.hdf5        # The file to read
-  shift:      [0.,0.,0.]                     # A shift to apply to all particles read from the ICs (in internal units).
 
 # External potential parameters
 PointMassPotential: