diff --git a/initug.cc b/initug.cc
index e2f8e6edf08a5448185d45341ec79a50812e19b3..5317e91d35d0945ecf14ef70792202c7919ef66a 100644
--- a/initug.cc
+++ b/initug.cc
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ INT NS_DIM_PREFIX InitUg (int *argcp, char ***argvp)
   /* init parallelization module */
 #ifdef ModelP
   PRINTDEBUG (init, 1, ("     InitParallel()...\n"))
-  if ((err = InitParallel (argcp, argvp)) != 0)
+  if ((err = InitParallel()) != 0)
   {
     printf
       ("ERROR in InitUg while InitParallel (line %d): called routine line %d\n",
diff --git a/parallel/initparallel.cc b/parallel/initparallel.cc
index 70574e577c1fdf5906cccc1b70953a9a5b6c5d2d..980de6136c47d3c224e939741eba5885524f7573 100644
--- a/parallel/initparallel.cc
+++ b/parallel/initparallel.cc
@@ -77,11 +77,7 @@ using namespace PPIF;
    InitParallel - Call of the initfunctions for all parallel modules
 
    SYNOPSIS:
-   INT InitParallel (int *argcp, char ***argvp);
-
-   PARAMETERS:
-   .  argcp - pointer to argument counter
-   .  argvp - pointer to argument vector
+   INT InitParallel();
 
    DESCRIPTION:
    This function initializes.
@@ -93,7 +89,7 @@ using namespace PPIF;
    D*/
 /****************************************************************************/
 
-INT NS_DIM_PREFIX InitParallel (int *argcp, char ***argvp)
+INT NS_DIM_PREFIX InitParallel()
 {
   INT err;
 
diff --git a/parallel/initparallel.h b/parallel/initparallel.h
index aa727c2f117c0020ef0726dc8725bd60bdd2c7a5..73b08a3d4d7b06cd01472d233b047775694f813c 100644
--- a/parallel/initparallel.h
+++ b/parallel/initparallel.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ START_UGDIM_NAMESPACE
 /****************************************************************************/
 
 /* initialisation of the parallel modules */
-INT InitParallel (int *argcp, char ***argvp);
+INT InitParallel();
 INT ExitParallel (void);
 
 END_UGDIM_NAMESPACE