diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index c8825a4b09e9cf9435f8a178cc8d6d657549b6ba..ce1dec436ae9218463fe3fb4cca18a199df19441 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -496,13 +496,7 @@ void mpf_hmat_compression(struct mpf_hmat_create_compression_args_t *args) {
 int SCAB_Init(int* argc, char*** argv) {
   int ierr;
 
-  /* -------------------------------- */
-  /* -- Gestion du solveur HMATRIX -- */
-  /* -------------------------------- */
-#ifdef HAVE_HMAT
   printf( "HMATRIX solver\n");
-  hmat_settings_t settings;
-  hmat_get_parameters(&settings);
 
   memset(&mpf_hmat_settings, 0, sizeof(mpf_hmat_settings));
   mpf_hmat_settings.factorization_type = hmat_factorization_none;
@@ -510,6 +504,7 @@ int SCAB_Init(int* argc, char*** argv) {
   mpf_hmat_settings.compressionMethod = hmat_compress_aca_plus;
   mpf_hmat_settings.epsilon = 1e-3;
   mpf_hmat_settings.max_leaf_size = -1;
+    mpf_hmat_settings.engine = mpf_hmat_seq;
   if(strcmp(hmat_get_version(), HMAT_VERSION))
     printf( "***\n*** hmat version %s (compiled with version %s)\n", hmat_get_version(), HMAT_VERSION);
   else
@@ -525,90 +520,7 @@ int SCAB_Init(int* argc, char*** argv) {
     printf("[HMat] Recompression epsilon: %e\n", mpf_hmat_settings.epsilon );
   }
 
-  if (MpfArgHasName( argc, *argv, 1, "--hmat-svd" ) > 0) {
-    printf("[HMat] Using SVD compression\n");
-    mpf_hmat_settings.compressionMethod = hmat_compress_svd;
-  }
-  if (MpfArgHasName( argc, *argv, 1, "--hmat-aca-partial" ) > 0) {
-    printf("[HMat] Using ACA with partial pivoting\n");
-    mpf_hmat_settings.compressionMethod = hmat_compress_aca_partial;
-  }
-  if (MpfArgHasName( argc, *argv, 1, "--hmat-aca-full" ) > 0) {
-    printf("[HMat] Using ACA with full pivoting\n");
-    mpf_hmat_settings.compressionMethod = hmat_compress_aca_full;
-  }
-  if (MpfArgHasName( argc, *argv, 1, "--hmat-aca-plus" ) > 0) {
-    printf("[HMat] Using ACA+\n");
-    mpf_hmat_settings.compressionMethod = hmat_compress_aca_plus;
-  }
-
-  if (MpfArgHasName( argc, *argv, 1, "--hmat-lu" ) > 0) {
-    printf("[HMat] Force LU decomposition\n");
-    mpf_hmat_settings.factorization_type = hmat_factorization_lu;
-  }
-  if (MpfArgHasName( argc, *argv, 1, "--hmat-llt" ) > 0) {
-    printf("[HMat] Force LLt decomposition (for symmetric matrices)\n");
-    mpf_hmat_settings.factorization_type = hmat_factorization_llt;
-  }
-  if (MpfArgHasName( argc, *argv, 1, "--hmat-ldlt" ) > 0) {
-    printf("[HMat] Force LDLt decomposition (for symmetric matrices)\n");
-    mpf_hmat_settings.factorization_type = hmat_factorization_ldlt;
-  }
-
-  if (MpfArgHasName( argc, *argv, 1, "--hmat-seq" ) > 0) {
-    printf("[HMat] Use the sequential runtime\n");
-    mpf_hmat_settings.engine = mpf_hmat_seq;
-  }
-
-  if (MpfArgGetInt(argc, *argv, 1, "--hmat-leaf-size", &mpf_hmat_settings.max_leaf_size))
-    printf("[HMat] Maximum leaf size: %d\n", mpf_hmat_settings.max_leaf_size);
-
-  if (MpfArgHasName( argc, *argv, 1, "--hmat-coarsening" ) > 0) {
-    printf("[HMat] Coarsening of the HMatrix\n");
-    settings.coarsening = 1;
-  }
-
-  /* Validate the detection of null rows and columns */
-  if (MpfArgHasName( argc, *argv, 1, "--hmat-val-null" ) > 0) {
-    printf("[HMat] Validate the detection of null rows and columns\n");
-    settings.validateNullRowCol = 1;
-  }
-
-  /* Validation of the Rk compression (with SVD, ACA, ...) */
-  if (MpfArgHasName( argc, *argv, 1, "--hmat-val" ) > 0) {
-    printf("[HMat] Validate the rk-matrices after compression \n");
-    settings.validateCompression = 1;
-  }
-  if (MpfArgGetDouble( argc, *argv, 1, "--hmat-val-threshold", &settings.validationErrorThreshold )) {
-    printf("[HMat] Error threshold for the compression validation  : %e\n", settings.validationErrorThreshold);
-  }
-  if (MpfArgHasName( argc, *argv, 1, "--hmat-dump-trace" ) > 0) {
-    printf("[HMat] Dump trace at the end of the algorithms (depends on the runtime)\n");
-    settings.dumpTrace = 1;
-  }
-
-  if (MpfArgHasName( argc, *argv, 1, "--hmat-val-rerun" ) > 0) {
-    printf("[HMat] For blocks above error threshold, re-run the compression algorithm \n");
-    settings.validationReRun = 1;
-  }
-  if (MpfArgHasName( argc, *argv, 1, "--hmat-val-dump" ) > 0) {
-    printf("[HMat] For blocks above error threshold, dump the faulty block to disk\n");
-    settings.validationDump = 1;
-  }
-
-  hmat_set_parameters(&settings);
-
   mpf_hmat_settings.progress.update = update_progress;
-#endif
-
-  /* Option to set environment variable on the command line
-     '--putenv toto=titi' will set the variable environment 'toto' to the value 'titi' through a call to putenv().
-     This option can appear several time, hence the 'while'. */
-  char *variable;
-  while (MpfArgGetString( argc, *argv, 1, "--putenv" , &variable  )) {
-    printf("Setting environment variable: %s \n", variable) ;
-    ierr=putenv(variable); CHKERRQ(ierr);
-  }
 
   /*! \brief Abort timer (in seconds)