diff --git a/lib/src/chinese/ParseChi.gf b/lib/src/chinese/ParseChi.gf
index 7afc54adb..f686e1614 100644
--- a/lib/src/chinese/ParseChi.gf
+++ b/lib/src/chinese/ParseChi.gf
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ open ResChi, ParadigmsChi, SyntaxChi, Prelude in {
 
 flags
   literal=Symb ;
-  beam_size=0.95 ;
   coding = utf8 ;
 
 
diff --git a/lib/src/french/ParseFre.gf b/lib/src/french/ParseFre.gf
index 5ffb7a4e3..05fa75b18 100644
--- a/lib/src/french/ParseFre.gf
+++ b/lib/src/french/ParseFre.gf
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ open PhonoFre, MorphoFre, ResFre, ParadigmsFre, SyntaxFre, Prelude in {
 
 flags
   literal=Symb ;
-  beam_size=0.95 ;
   coding = utf8 ;
 
 
diff --git a/lib/src/spanish/ParseSpa.gf b/lib/src/spanish/ParseSpa.gf
index 4a7a1fbab..6ee0a6922 100644
--- a/lib/src/spanish/ParseSpa.gf
+++ b/lib/src/spanish/ParseSpa.gf
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ open MorphoSpa, ResSpa, ParadigmsSpa, SyntaxSpa, Prelude in {
 
 flags
   literal=Symb ;
-  beam_size=0.95 ;
   coding = utf8 ;