diff --git a/src/OCE/DOM/dommsk.F90 b/src/OCE/DOM/dommsk.F90
index 5c7b801af14a99f641668266aa3920383cb586cc..f153b531a8c835830cde1cad784e3a34609bee49 100644
--- a/src/OCE/DOM/dommsk.F90
+++ b/src/OCE/DOM/dommsk.F90
@@ -160,9 +160,6 @@ CONTAINS
       ! In case of a coarsened grid, account her for possibly aditionnal  
       ! masked points; these have been read in the mesh file and stored in mbku, mbkv, mbkf
       DO_2D( 0, 0, 0, 0 )
-         IF (mbku(ji,jj)<=1 ) umask(ji,jj,:) = 0._wp
-         IF (mbkv(ji,jj)<=1 ) vmask(ji,jj,:) = 0._wp
-         IF (mbkf(ji,jj)<=1 ) fmask(ji,jj,:) = 0._wp
          IF ( MAXVAL(umask(ji,jj,:))/=0._wp )  umask(ji,jj,mbku(ji,jj)+1:jpk) = 0._wp
          IF ( MAXVAL(vmask(ji,jj,:))/=0._wp )  vmask(ji,jj,mbkv(ji,jj)+1:jpk) = 0._wp
          IF ( MAXVAL(fmask(ji,jj,:))/=0._wp )  fmask(ji,jj,mbkf(ji,jj)+1:jpk) = 0._wp
diff --git a/tests/ICE_AGRIF/EXPREF/1_namelist_cfg b/tests/ICE_AGRIF/EXPREF/1_namelist_cfg
index d21e97691895853f49473251884ed819eb9c6880..d1028790e36deb9e89b4a3d8779b815cfddbe823 100644
--- a/tests/ICE_AGRIF/EXPREF/1_namelist_cfg
+++ b/tests/ICE_AGRIF/EXPREF/1_namelist_cfg
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@
 &namagrif      !  AGRIF zoom                                            ("key_agrif")
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    ln_init_chfrpar = .true.  !  initialize child grids from parent
-   ln_chk_bathy    = .false. !  =T  check the parent bathymetry
 /
 !!======================================================================
 !!                ***  Top/Bottom boundary condition  ***             !!
diff --git a/tests/ICE_AGRIF/EXPREF/namelist_cfg b/tests/ICE_AGRIF/EXPREF/namelist_cfg
index 4e54a36bc4f169be6b026b7d16ca7ba55f92446e..4c24668745bbd9ae0d486d8c664885155bb573c9 100644
--- a/tests/ICE_AGRIF/EXPREF/namelist_cfg
+++ b/tests/ICE_AGRIF/EXPREF/namelist_cfg
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 &namagrif      !  AGRIF zoom                                            ("key_agrif")
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-   ln_init_chfrpar = .true.  !  initialize child grids from parent
-   ln_chk_bathy    = .false. !  =T  check the parent bathymetry
 /
 !!======================================================================
 !!                ***  Top/Bottom boundary condition  ***             !!