diff --git a/CHT/flow-over-plate/buoyantPimpleFoam-fenics/precice-config_serial.xml b/CHT/flow-over-plate/buoyantPimpleFoam-fenics/precice-config_serial.xml
index 126189a73..75cca07af 100644
--- a/CHT/flow-over-plate/buoyantPimpleFoam-fenics/precice-config_serial.xml
+++ b/CHT/flow-over-plate/buoyantPimpleFoam-fenics/precice-config_serial.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
         <exchange data="Temperature" mesh="Fluid-Mesh" from="Fluid" to="Solid"/>
         <exchange data="Heat-Flux" mesh="Fluid-Mesh" from="Solid" to="Fluid"/>
         <relative-convergence-measure limit="1.0e-6" data="Temperature" mesh="Fluid-Mesh"/>
-        <extrapolation-order value="0"/>
         <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
             <data mesh="Fluid-Mesh" name="Heat-Flux" />
             <initial-relaxation value="0.01" />
diff --git a/FSI/3D_Tube/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_parallel.xml b/FSI/3D_Tube/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_parallel.xml
index 28f8ac8d9..aa478ed72 100644
--- a/FSI/3D_Tube/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_parallel.xml
+++ b/FSI/3D_Tube/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_parallel.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
            <max-iterations value="30"/>
            <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-3" data="DisplacementDeltas0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh"/>
            <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-3" data="Forces0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh"/>
-           <extrapolation-order value="2"/>
 
            <post-processing:IQN-IMVJ>
             <data name="DisplacementDeltas0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh"/>
diff --git a/FSI/3D_Tube/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_serial.xml b/FSI/3D_Tube/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_serial.xml
index 0a87de87c..c3af53c47 100644
--- a/FSI/3D_Tube/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_serial.xml
+++ b/FSI/3D_Tube/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_serial.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
            <max-iterations value="30"/>
            <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-3" data="DisplacementDeltas0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh"/>
            <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-3" data="Forces0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh"/>
-           <extrapolation-order value="2"/>
 
            <post-processing:IQN-IMVJ>
             <data name="DisplacementDeltas0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh"/>
diff --git a/FSI/cylinderFlap/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_parallel.xml b/FSI/cylinderFlap/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_parallel.xml
index 1f72646a2..78ef0a9a4 100644
--- a/FSI/cylinderFlap/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_parallel.xml
+++ b/FSI/cylinderFlap/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_parallel.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
             <max-iterations value="50"/>
             <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-4" data="Displacements0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh"/>
             <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-4" data="Forces0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh"/>
-            <extrapolation-order value="2"/>
 
              <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
                 <data name="Displacements0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh"/>
diff --git a/FSI/cylinderFlap/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_serial.xml b/FSI/cylinderFlap/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_serial.xml
index 2d93d1a36..7969383e3 100644
--- a/FSI/cylinderFlap/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_serial.xml
+++ b/FSI/cylinderFlap/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_serial.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
             <max-iterations value="50"/>
             <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-4" data="Displacements0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh"/>
             <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-4" data="Forces0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh"/>
-            <extrapolation-order value="2"/>
 
              <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
                 <data name="Displacements0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh"/>
diff --git a/FSI/cylinderFlap/OpenFOAM-FEniCS/precice-config_serial.xml b/FSI/cylinderFlap/OpenFOAM-FEniCS/precice-config_serial.xml
index 6054e1de6..74531c2a4 100644
--- a/FSI/cylinderFlap/OpenFOAM-FEniCS/precice-config_serial.xml
+++ b/FSI/cylinderFlap/OpenFOAM-FEniCS/precice-config_serial.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
             <max-iterations value="50"/>
             <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-4" data="Displacements0" mesh="Solid"/>
             <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-4" data="Forces0" mesh="Solid"/>
-            <extrapolation-order value="2"/>
 
              <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
                 <data name="Displacements0" mesh="Solid"/>
diff --git a/FSI/cylinderFlap/OpenFOAM-deal.II/precice-config_parallel.xml b/FSI/cylinderFlap/OpenFOAM-deal.II/precice-config_parallel.xml
index 93cf44098..ece0c305d 100644
--- a/FSI/cylinderFlap/OpenFOAM-deal.II/precice-config_parallel.xml
+++ b/FSI/cylinderFlap/OpenFOAM-deal.II/precice-config_parallel.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
         <max-iterations value="100"/>
         <absolute-convergence-measure limit="1e-6" data="Displacement" mesh="Solid_nodes"/>
         <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-4" data="Force" mesh="Solid_faces"/>
-        <extrapolation-order value="2"/>
 
         <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
             <data name="Displacement" mesh="Solid_nodes"/>
diff --git a/FSI/cylinderFlap/OpenFOAM-deal.II/precice-config_serial.xml b/FSI/cylinderFlap/OpenFOAM-deal.II/precice-config_serial.xml
index 2c99d0b28..6dafa78f7 100644
--- a/FSI/cylinderFlap/OpenFOAM-deal.II/precice-config_serial.xml
+++ b/FSI/cylinderFlap/OpenFOAM-deal.II/precice-config_serial.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
         <max-iterations value="100"/>
         <absolute-convergence-measure limit="1e-6" data="Displacement" mesh="Solid_nodes"/>
         <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-4" data="Force" mesh="Solid_faces"/>
-        <extrapolation-order value="2"/>
 
         <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
             <data name="Displacement" mesh="Solid_nodes"/>
diff --git a/FSI/flap_perp/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_parallel.xml b/FSI/flap_perp/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_parallel.xml
index e8b701baf..a22d35573 100644
--- a/FSI/flap_perp/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_parallel.xml
+++ b/FSI/flap_perp/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_parallel.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
             <max-iterations value="50"/>
             <absolute-convergence-measure limit="1e-6" data="Displacements0" mesh="Solid"/>
             <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-2" data="Forces0" mesh="Solid"/>
-            <extrapolation-order value="2"/>
  
             <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
                 <data name="Displacements0" mesh="Solid"/>
diff --git a/FSI/flap_perp/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_serial.xml b/FSI/flap_perp/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_serial.xml
index e5b095ce8..1d9a9a3a7 100644
--- a/FSI/flap_perp/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_serial.xml
+++ b/FSI/flap_perp/OpenFOAM-CalculiX/precice-config_serial.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
             <max-iterations value="50"/>
             <absolute-convergence-measure limit="1e-6" data="Displacements0" mesh="Solid"/>
             <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-2" data="Forces0" mesh="Solid"/>
-            <extrapolation-order value="2"/>
  
             <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
                 <data name="Displacements0" mesh="Solid"/>
diff --git a/FSI/flap_perp/OpenFOAM-FEniCS/precice-config_serial.xml b/FSI/flap_perp/OpenFOAM-FEniCS/precice-config_serial.xml
index 88b7b22ff..9d4d8b64f 100644
--- a/FSI/flap_perp/OpenFOAM-FEniCS/precice-config_serial.xml
+++ b/FSI/flap_perp/OpenFOAM-FEniCS/precice-config_serial.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
             <max-iterations value="50"/>
             <absolute-convergence-measure limit="1e-6" data="Displacements0" mesh="Solid"/>
             <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-2" data="Forces0" mesh="Solid"/>
-            <extrapolation-order value="2"/>
  
             <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
                 <data name="Displacements0" mesh="Solid"/>
diff --git a/FSI/flap_perp/OpenFOAM-deal.II/precice-config_parallel.xml b/FSI/flap_perp/OpenFOAM-deal.II/precice-config_parallel.xml
index e0685aad0..752b620c0 100644
--- a/FSI/flap_perp/OpenFOAM-deal.II/precice-config_parallel.xml
+++ b/FSI/flap_perp/OpenFOAM-deal.II/precice-config_parallel.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
         <max-iterations value="50"/>
         <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-4" data="Displacement" mesh="Solid_nodes"/>
         <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-4" data="Force" mesh="Solid_faces"/>
-        <extrapolation-order value="2"/>
 
         <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
             <data name="Displacement" mesh="Solid_nodes"/>
diff --git a/FSI/flap_perp/OpenFOAM-deal.II/precice-config_serial.xml b/FSI/flap_perp/OpenFOAM-deal.II/precice-config_serial.xml
index df19e6d51..e143b17e2 100644
--- a/FSI/flap_perp/OpenFOAM-deal.II/precice-config_serial.xml
+++ b/FSI/flap_perp/OpenFOAM-deal.II/precice-config_serial.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
         <max-iterations value="50"/>
         <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-4" data="Displacement" mesh="Solid_nodes"/>
         <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-4" data="Force" mesh="Solid_faces"/>
-        <extrapolation-order value="2"/>
 
          <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
             <data name="Displacement" mesh="Solid_nodes"/>
diff --git a/FSI/flap_perp/SU2-CalculiX/precice-config_parallel.xml b/FSI/flap_perp/SU2-CalculiX/precice-config_parallel.xml
index f44416522..e4fed0ade 100644
--- a/FSI/flap_perp/SU2-CalculiX/precice-config_parallel.xml
+++ b/FSI/flap_perp/SU2-CalculiX/precice-config_parallel.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
            <max-iterations value="50"/>
            <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-3" data="DisplacementDeltas0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh"/>
            <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-3" data="Forces0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh"/>
-           <extrapolation-order value="2"/>
 
            <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
             <data name="DisplacementDeltas0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh"/>
diff --git a/FSI/flap_perp/SU2-CalculiX/precice-config_serial.xml b/FSI/flap_perp/SU2-CalculiX/precice-config_serial.xml
index 1d42a3f67..2b30ff747 100644
--- a/FSI/flap_perp/SU2-CalculiX/precice-config_serial.xml
+++ b/FSI/flap_perp/SU2-CalculiX/precice-config_serial.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
            <max-iterations value="50"/>
            <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-3" data="DisplacementDeltas0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh"/>
            <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-3" data="Forces0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh"/>
-           <extrapolation-order value="2"/>
 
            <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
             <data name="DisplacementDeltas0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh"/>
diff --git a/HT/partitioned-heat/fenics-fenics/precice-config.xml b/HT/partitioned-heat/fenics-fenics/precice-config.xml
index c90c155bd..6353e76ff 100644
--- a/HT/partitioned-heat/fenics-fenics/precice-config.xml
+++ b/HT/partitioned-heat/fenics-fenics/precice-config.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
          <exchange data="Temperature" mesh="NeumannNodes" from="HeatNeumann"   to="HeatDirichlet" initialize="true"/>
          <relative-convergence-measure data="Flux"        mesh="NeumannNodes" limit="1e-5"/>
          <relative-convergence-measure data="Temperature" mesh="NeumannNodes" limit="1e-5"/>
-         <extrapolation-order value="0"/>
          <post-processing:IQN-ILS> 
 	    <!--PostProc always done on the second participant-->
             <data name="Temperature" mesh="NeumannNodes"/>
diff --git a/SSI/loaded_beam/CalculiX-CalculiX/precice-config.xml b/SSI/loaded_beam/CalculiX-CalculiX/precice-config.xml
index 4ecced199..33e610171 100755
--- a/SSI/loaded_beam/CalculiX-CalculiX/precice-config.xml
+++ b/SSI/loaded_beam/CalculiX-CalculiX/precice-config.xml
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@
 
       <participant name="Calculix1">
          <use-mesh name="Calculix_Mesh1" provide="yes"/>
-		 <use-mesh name="Calculix_Mesh2" from="Calculix2"/>
+     <use-mesh name="Calculix_Mesh2" from="Calculix2"/>
          <write-data name="Forces0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh1"/>
          <read-data  name="Displacements0"      mesh="Calculix_Mesh1"/>
          <mapping:nearest-neighbor
             direction="write" from="Calculix_Mesh1" to="Calculix_Mesh2"
             constraint="conservative" timing="initial"/>
          <mapping:nearest-neighbor
-	        direction="read" from="Calculix_Mesh2" to="Calculix_Mesh1"
+          direction="read" from="Calculix_Mesh2" to="Calculix_Mesh1"
             constraint="consistent" timing="initial"/>
       </participant>
 
@@ -40,37 +40,27 @@
       <m2n:sockets from="Calculix1" to="Calculix2"  exchange-directory="../" distribution-type="gather-scatter"/>
       
       <coupling-scheme:parallel-implicit>
-<!--      <coupling-scheme:parallel-explicit>-->
 
-           <participants first="Calculix1" second="Calculix2"/>
-           <max-timesteps value="50"/>
-           <timestep-length value="1e-2"/>
-		   <exchange data="Displacements0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh2" from="Calculix2" to="Calculix1" />
-           <exchange data="Forces0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh2" from="Calculix1" to="Calculix2"/>
-           
-<!--           <max-iterations value="50"/>-->
-<!--      	   <min-iteration-convergence-measure min-iterations="5" data="Displacements0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh2"/>-->
-           <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-4" data="Displacements0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh2"/>
-           <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-4" data="Forces0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh2"/>
-<!--           <extrapolation-order value="2"/>-->
-
-           <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
-            <data name="Displacements0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh2"/>
-            <data name="Forces0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh2"/>
-            <preconditioner type="residual-sum"/>
-            <filter type="QR2" limit="1e-3"/>
-            <initial-relaxation value="0.1"/>
-            <max-used-iterations value="60"/>
-            <timesteps-reused value="10"/>
-           </post-processing:IQN-ILS>
+         <participants first="Calculix1" second="Calculix2"/>
+         <max-timesteps value="50"/>
+         <timestep-length value="1e-2"/>
+         <exchange data="Displacements0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh2" from="Calculix2" to="Calculix1" />
+         <exchange data="Forces0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh2" from="Calculix1" to="Calculix2"/>
+         
+         <max-iterations value="50"/>
+         <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-4" data="Displacements0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh2"/>
+         <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-4" data="Forces0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh2"/>
 
-<!--            <post-processing:aitken>-->
-<!--              <data name="Displacements0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh2"/>-->
-<!--			  <data name="Forces0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh2"/>-->
-<!--              <initial-relaxation value="0.5"/>-->
-<!--           </post-processing:aitken> -->
+         <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
+           <data name="Displacements0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh2"/>
+           <data name="Forces0" mesh="Calculix_Mesh2"/>
+           <preconditioner type="residual-sum"/>
+           <filter type="QR2" limit="1e-3"/>
+           <initial-relaxation value="0.1"/>
+           <max-used-iterations value="60"/>
+           <timesteps-reused value="10"/>
+         </post-processing:IQN-ILS>
            
-<!--	  </coupling-scheme:parallel-explicit>-->
       </coupling-scheme:parallel-implicit>
 
    </solver-interface>
diff --git a/Structure/Cyl-Flap-FEniCS-OpenFOAM/precice-config-dummy.xml b/Structure/Cyl-Flap-FEniCS-OpenFOAM/precice-config-dummy.xml
index 5ae260ab1..3e3a58c77 100644
--- a/Structure/Cyl-Flap-FEniCS-OpenFOAM/precice-config-dummy.xml
+++ b/Structure/Cyl-Flap-FEniCS-OpenFOAM/precice-config-dummy.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
             <max-iterations value="50"/>
             <absolute-convergence-measure limit="1e-6" data="Displacements0" mesh="Solid"/>
             <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-2" data="Forces0" mesh="Solid"/>
-            <extrapolation-order value="2"/>
  
             <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
                 <data name="Displacements0" mesh="Solid"/>
diff --git a/Structure/Cyl-Flap-FEniCS-OpenFOAM/precice-config_serial.xml b/Structure/Cyl-Flap-FEniCS-OpenFOAM/precice-config_serial.xml
index 78bc7d2e4..188ecd778 100644
--- a/Structure/Cyl-Flap-FEniCS-OpenFOAM/precice-config_serial.xml
+++ b/Structure/Cyl-Flap-FEniCS-OpenFOAM/precice-config_serial.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
             <max-iterations value="50"/>
             <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-4" data="Displacements0" mesh="Solid"/>
             <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-4" data="Forces0" mesh="Solid"/>
-            <extrapolation-order value="2"/>
 
              <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
                 <data name="Displacements0" mesh="Solid"/>
diff --git a/Structure/FSI-FEniCS-OpenFOAM/precice-config-dummy-3d.xml b/Structure/FSI-FEniCS-OpenFOAM/precice-config-dummy-3d.xml
index 0e4ce1bea..c6549d9fa 100644
--- a/Structure/FSI-FEniCS-OpenFOAM/precice-config-dummy-3d.xml
+++ b/Structure/FSI-FEniCS-OpenFOAM/precice-config-dummy-3d.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
             <max-iterations value="50"/>
             <absolute-convergence-measure limit="1e-6" data="Displacements0" mesh="Solid"/>
             <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-2" data="Forces0" mesh="Solid"/>
-            <extrapolation-order value="2"/>
  
             <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
                 <data name="Displacements0" mesh="Solid"/>
diff --git a/Structure/FSI-FEniCS-OpenFOAM/precice-config-dummy.xml b/Structure/FSI-FEniCS-OpenFOAM/precice-config-dummy.xml
index 255bb5cd1..064776056 100644
--- a/Structure/FSI-FEniCS-OpenFOAM/precice-config-dummy.xml
+++ b/Structure/FSI-FEniCS-OpenFOAM/precice-config-dummy.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
             <max-iterations value="50"/>
             <absolute-convergence-measure limit="1e-6" data="Displacements0" mesh="Solid"/>
             <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-2" data="Forces0" mesh="Solid"/>
-            <extrapolation-order value="2"/>
  
             <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
                 <data name="Displacements0" mesh="Solid"/>
diff --git a/Structure/FSI-FEniCS-OpenFOAM/precice-config_serial.xml b/Structure/FSI-FEniCS-OpenFOAM/precice-config_serial.xml
index 4bad676df..2e98b7b13 100644
--- a/Structure/FSI-FEniCS-OpenFOAM/precice-config_serial.xml
+++ b/Structure/FSI-FEniCS-OpenFOAM/precice-config_serial.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
             <max-iterations value="50"/>
             <absolute-convergence-measure limit="1e-6" data="Displacements0" mesh="Solid"/>
             <relative-convergence-measure limit="1e-2" data="Forces0" mesh="Solid"/>
-            <extrapolation-order value="2"/>
  
             <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
                 <data name="Displacements0" mesh="Solid"/>
diff --git a/Structure/precice-config.xml b/Structure/precice-config.xml
index e42cb0c52..74a0bd564 100644
--- a/Structure/precice-config.xml
+++ b/Structure/precice-config.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
          <exchange data="Displacement" mesh="NeumannNodes" from="StructureNeumann"   to="StructureDirichlet" initialize="true"/>
          <relative-convergence-measure data="Force"        mesh="NeumannNodes" limit="1e-5"/>
          <relative-convergence-measure data="Displacement" mesh="NeumannNodes" limit="1e-5"/>
-         <extrapolation-order value="0"/>
          <post-processing:IQN-ILS>
 	    <!--PostProc always done on the second participant-->
             <data name="Displacement" mesh="NeumannNodes"/>