diff --git a/src/functionObjects/utilities/ensightWrite/ensightWrite.C b/src/functionObjects/utilities/ensightWrite/ensightWrite.C
index 47cd1050bed4fb196242aee6c254a0c3e2df5124..d303b744a880a0e0e42e55fe99619765242c3370 100644
--- a/src/functionObjects/utilities/ensightWrite/ensightWrite.C
+++ b/src/functionObjects/utilities/ensightWrite/ensightWrite.C
@@ -114,11 +114,6 @@ bool Foam::functionObjects::ensightWrite::read(const dictionary& dict)
         dict.lookupOrDefault<Switch>("noPatches", false)
     );
 
-    writeOpts_.deprecatedOrder
-    (
-        dict.lookupOrDefault<Switch>("deprecatedOrder", false)
-    );
-
     if (dict.found("patches"))
     {
         wordReList lst(dict.lookup("patches"));
diff --git a/src/functionObjects/utilities/ensightWrite/ensightWrite.H b/src/functionObjects/utilities/ensightWrite/ensightWrite.H
index 67bc5ca3cbcd799c762c0551c5c3118b5c203a11..79c4110800b0f102a7157385fa89f2a7cc5c3ec7 100644
--- a/src/functionObjects/utilities/ensightWrite/ensightWrite.H
+++ b/src/functionObjects/utilities/ensightWrite/ensightWrite.H
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ Description
         noPatches    | Suppress writing patches     | no        | false
         patches      | Select patches to write      | no        |
         faceZones    | Select faceZones to write    | no        |
-        deprecatedOrder | Old ordering of volume cells  | no    | false
-        consecutive  | Consecutive output numbering | no    | false
+        consecutive  | Consecutive output numbering | no        | false
     \endtable
 
     Note that if the \c patches entry is an empty list, this will select all