diff --git a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/U b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/U
index 5c19bbed4402653928af7460db01588e59201531..cb3d319ea8b168fc609bfeeddc6193c35147462b 100644
--- a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/U
+++ b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/U
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ boundaryField
         value           uniform (0 0 0);
     }
 
-    axis
-    {
-        type            symmetryPlane;
-    }
-
     left
     {
         type            pressureInletOutletVelocity;
diff --git a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/p b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/p
index e18fa649d712bd6ae58387bf7e8ee85dcd78a4c0..6a14042c40899d904791d964284ca2e44da98650 100644
--- a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/p
+++ b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/p
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ boundaryField
         type            zeroGradient;
     }
 
-    axis
-    {
-        type            symmetryPlane;
-    }
-
     left
     {
         type            totalPressure;
diff --git a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/pointMotionUx b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/pointMotionUx
index b9c1cef0787485cfc0ee7e97cbb23cbb31aeb1a7..74570f1b725063c1a2f07cbafbc49e932d33e641 100644
--- a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/pointMotionUx
+++ b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/0/pointMotionUx
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ boundaryField
         type            uniformFixedValue;
         uniformValue    constant 0;
     }
-    axis
-    {
-        type            symmetryPlane;
-    }
     left
     {
         type            uniformFixedValue;
diff --git a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/constant/polyMesh/blockMeshDict b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/constant/polyMesh/blockMeshDict
index 82fb8079e36ba267d1ccb30e2b22488c2f61d81b..d6031d83f3cddbc76ce062545459c4838133f01b 100644
--- a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/constant/polyMesh/blockMeshDict
+++ b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCone/constant/polyMesh/blockMeshDict
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ boundary
     }
     axis
     {
-        type symmetryPlane;
+        type empty;
         faces
         (
             (0 1 1 0)