diff --git a/test/porousmediumflow/1p/sequential/test_diffusion3d.input b/test/porousmediumflow/1p/sequential/test_diffusion3d.input
index 6ae0996c27985d1aed137b5d88228cbced38dde6..808bd3795fe4c85e6424f00e3fbae7d438494964 100644
--- a/test/porousmediumflow/1p/sequential/test_diffusion3d.input
+++ b/test/porousmediumflow/1p/sequential/test_diffusion3d.input
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ TransmissibilityCriterion = 1 # 0 = default criterion, 1 = accumulative criterio
 
 RefinementRatio = 0
 
+[LinearSolver]
+GMResRestart = 80
+MaxIterations = 1000;
+ResidualReduction = 1e-8;
diff --git a/test/porousmediumflow/1p/sequential/test_diffusion3d_reference.input b/test/porousmediumflow/1p/sequential/test_diffusion3d_reference.input
index c6efd5cdbeee54a91a7db76807fe72af9505e21a..6c02828d8c81f46f2005ba1efcb89c990a8231c7 100644
--- a/test/porousmediumflow/1p/sequential/test_diffusion3d_reference.input
+++ b/test/porousmediumflow/1p/sequential/test_diffusion3d_reference.input
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@ File = ./grids/test_diffusion3d_ug1.dgf
 
 RefinementRatio = 0
 
+[LinearSolver]
+GMResRestart = 80
+MaxIterations = 1000;
+ResidualReduction = 1e-8;
diff --git a/test/porousmediumflow/1p/sequential/test_diffusionproblem3d.hh b/test/porousmediumflow/1p/sequential/test_diffusionproblem3d.hh
index 28412467280b84f21d755b6213a00720a401d50d..570a13dc5b30c4500575fb800e9668aab347bc51 100644
--- a/test/porousmediumflow/1p/sequential/test_diffusionproblem3d.hh
+++ b/test/porousmediumflow/1p/sequential/test_diffusionproblem3d.hh
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ SET_PROP(DiffusionTestTypeTag, FluidSystem)
 SET_TYPE_PROP(DiffusionTestTypeTag, LinearSolver, SuperLUBackend);
 #else
 SET_TYPE_PROP(DiffusionTestTypeTag, LinearSolver, ILUnRestartedGMResBackend);
-SET_INT_PROP(DiffusionTestTypeTag, LinearSolverGMResRestart, 80);
-SET_INT_PROP(DiffusionTestTypeTag, LinearSolverMaxIterations, 1000);
-SET_SCALAR_PROP(DiffusionTestTypeTag, LinearSolverResidualReduction, 1e-8);
-SET_SCALAR_PROP(DiffusionTestTypeTag, LinearSolverPreconditionerIterations, 1);
 #endif
 
 // set the types for the 2PFA FV method