diff --git a/src/regionCoupled/derivedFvPatchFields/energyRegionCoupled/energyRegionCoupledFvPatchScalarField.C b/src/regionCoupled/derivedFvPatchFields/energyRegionCoupled/energyRegionCoupledFvPatchScalarField.C
index d09ec8ee554b90a6bd55c857b28ef7776a0c70ef..56a476f97d2250fdc05adf85d8d5d715949f9708 100644
--- a/src/regionCoupled/derivedFvPatchFields/energyRegionCoupled/energyRegionCoupledFvPatchScalarField.C
+++ b/src/regionCoupled/derivedFvPatchFields/energyRegionCoupled/energyRegionCoupledFvPatchScalarField.C
@@ -271,11 +271,6 @@ energyRegionCoupledFvPatchScalarField
             << " in file " << dimensionedInternalField().objectPath()
             << exit(FatalError);
     }
-
-    if (dict.found("value"))
-    {
-        fvPatchScalarField::operator=(scalarField("value", dict, p.size()));
-    }
 }