diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/conversion/netgenNeutralToFoam/netgenNeutralToFoam.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/conversion/netgenNeutralToFoam/netgenNeutralToFoam.C
index 39fa73dbcd25e782187225a1f58b27a468141efd..d3cca933528284b5511ce0956755f28cb1a61826 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/conversion/netgenNeutralToFoam/netgenNeutralToFoam.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/conversion/netgenNeutralToFoam/netgenNeutralToFoam.C
@@ -89,13 +89,11 @@ using namespace Foam;
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     argList::validArgs.append("Neutral file");
-    argList::validOptions.insert("overwrite", "");
 
 #   include "setRootCase.H"
 #   include "createTime.H"
 
     fileName neuFile(args.additionalArgs()[0]);
-    bool overwrite = args.options().found("overwrite");
 
 
     IFstream str(neuFile);
@@ -300,11 +298,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
 
 
-    if (!overwrite)
-    {
-        runTime++;
-    }
-
     polyMesh mesh
     (
         IOobject