diff --git a/src/bulgarian/ParseBul.gf b/src/bulgarian/ParseBul.gf
index da1fa0149..cd40b2fd7 100644
--- a/src/bulgarian/ParseBul.gf
+++ b/src/bulgarian/ParseBul.gf
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ open ResBul, Prelude in {
 
 flags
   literal=Symb ;
-  beam_size=0.95 ;
   coding = utf8 ;
 
 lin
diff --git a/src/english/ParseEng.gf b/src/english/ParseEng.gf
index 6b7905f04..ceb763d51 100644
--- a/src/english/ParseEng.gf
+++ b/src/english/ParseEng.gf
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ open MorphoEng, ResEng, ParadigmsEng, Prelude in {
 
 flags
   literal=Symb ;
-  beam_size=0.60 ;
 
 lin
   myself_NP = regNP "myself" singular ;
diff --git a/src/english/ParseEngAbs.gf b/src/english/ParseEngAbs.gf
index 57183ec21..06de9560b 100644
--- a/src/english/ParseEngAbs.gf
+++ b/src/english/ParseEngAbs.gf
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ abstract ParseEngAbs =
 
 flags
   startcat=Phr;
+  heuristic_search_factor=0.60;
+  meta_prob=1.0e-5;
+  meta_token_prob=1.1965149246222233e-9;
 
 fun CompoundCN : Num -> N -> CN -> CN ;
     DashCN : N -> N -> N ;