diff --git a/dumux/porousmediumflow/richards/implicit/model.hh b/dumux/porousmediumflow/richards/implicit/model.hh
index 92a7cc68269f007b268e3f25ddd9c65fa69cf4a1..b6beab4c9bbcdf4687d277ce266005c1331bfb7a 100644
--- a/dumux/porousmediumflow/richards/implicit/model.hh
+++ b/dumux/porousmediumflow/richards/implicit/model.hh
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public:
     {
         typedef Dune::BlockVector<Dune::FieldVector<double, 1> > ScalarField;
         typedef Dune::BlockVector<Dune::FieldVector<double, dimWorld> > VectorField;
-        bool gravity =GET_RUNTIME_PARAM_FROM_GROUP(TypeTag, bool, Problem, EnableGravity);
+        bool gravity =GET_PARAM_FROM_GROUP(TypeTag, bool, Problem, EnableGravity);
 
         // get the number of degrees of freedom
         unsigned numDofs = this->numDofs();
diff --git a/dumux/porousmediumflow/richards/implicit/problem.hh b/dumux/porousmediumflow/richards/implicit/problem.hh
index 7ef996b618dffb94c3d440236646067852f6ec30..19637600fd4a5a19f41bc3296bfda49f22634a82 100644
--- a/dumux/porousmediumflow/richards/implicit/problem.hh
+++ b/dumux/porousmediumflow/richards/implicit/problem.hh
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public:
     RichardsProblem(TimeManager &timeManager, const GridView &gridView)
     : ParentType(timeManager, gridView)
     {
-        bool gravity_ =GET_RUNTIME_PARAM_FROM_GROUP(TypeTag, bool, Problem, EnableGravity);
+        bool gravity_ = GET_PARAM_FROM_GROUP(TypeTag, bool, Problem, EnableGravity);
         static const bool useHead = GET_PROP_VALUE(TypeTag, UseHead);
 
         if ( (!gravity_) && (useHead) )