diff --git a/include/flamegpu/simulation/CUDAEnsemble.h b/include/flamegpu/simulation/CUDAEnsemble.h
index 4703051bf..e4d998f9b 100644
--- a/include/flamegpu/simulation/CUDAEnsemble.h
+++ b/include/flamegpu/simulation/CUDAEnsemble.h
@@ -103,10 +103,11 @@ class CUDAEnsemble {
         const bool block_standby = false;
 #endif
         /**
-         * Allows MPI processing to be disabled for builds with MPI support
+         * Flag which denotes whether MPI support is enabled
+         * @note This cannot be changed at runtime, depends on compilation settings.
          */
 #ifdef FLAMEGPU_ENABLE_MPI
-        bool mpi = true;
+        const bool mpi = true;
 #else
         const bool mpi = false;
 #endif
diff --git a/src/flamegpu/simulation/CUDAEnsemble.cu b/src/flamegpu/simulation/CUDAEnsemble.cu
index 9b050d41f..80c0bddc7 100644
--- a/src/flamegpu/simulation/CUDAEnsemble.cu
+++ b/src/flamegpu/simulation/CUDAEnsemble.cu
@@ -766,14 +766,7 @@ int CUDAEnsemble::checkArgs(int argc, const char** argv) {
 #endif
             continue;
         }
-        // --no-mpi Disable MPI support
-        if (arg.compare("--no-mpi") == 0) {
-#ifdef FLAMEGPU_ENABLE_MPI
-            config.mpi = false;
-#endif
-            continue;
-        }
-        // Warning if not in QUIET verbosity or if silnce-unknown-args is set
+        // Warning if not in QUIET verbosity or if silence-unknown-args is set
         if (!(config.verbosity == flamegpu::Verbosity::Quiet || config.silence_unknown_args))
             fprintf(stderr, "Warning: Unknown argument '%s' passed to Ensemble will be ignored\n", arg.c_str());
     }