diff --git a/Code/Mantid/instrument/ALF_Definition.xml b/Code/Mantid/instrument/ALF_Definition.xml
index 5f572c5a61721676a422858befe572fc4faecbc8..cfe778cc60d772648e9c09a7f5fc89bfb74dd9c1 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/instrument/ALF_Definition.xml
+++ b/Code/Mantid/instrument/ALF_Definition.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
        <handedness val="right"/>
        <origin val="beam" /> 
      </reference-frame>
-     <offsets spherical="vectors" />
      <!-- Comment "components-are-facing" out if you dont want the
      components defined in this file to face a position by default -->    
      <components-are-facing x="0.0" y="0.0" z="0.0" />
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/instrument/LET_Definition.xml b/Code/Mantid/instrument/LET_Definition.xml
index ede3b2267b4040d512c61357d78eb76ca14428a5..e9187182613292bfaebb71a2c11de915702f9582 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/instrument/LET_Definition.xml
+++ b/Code/Mantid/instrument/LET_Definition.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
        <handedness val="right"/>
        <origin val="beam" /> 
      </reference-frame>
-     <offsets spherical="vectors" />
      <default-view view="cylindrical_y"/>
      <!-- Comment "components-are-facing" out if you dont want the
      components defined in this file to face a position by default -->    
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/instrument/WISH_Definition.xml b/Code/Mantid/instrument/WISH_Definition.xml
index ba8baec08f158bca429743be9ca79306ab43b6c3..03424ffd112eaccba46f5f71a13b8978c58ccb00 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/instrument/WISH_Definition.xml
+++ b/Code/Mantid/instrument/WISH_Definition.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
        <handedness val="right"/>
        <origin val="beam" /> 
      </reference-frame>
-     <offsets spherical="vectors" />
      <!-- Comment "components-are-facing" out if you dont want the
      components defined in this file to face a position by default -->    
      <components-are-facing x="0.0" y="0.0" z="0.0" />
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/instrument/WISH_Definition_6Panel.xml b/Code/Mantid/instrument/WISH_Definition_6Panel.xml
index b949166cf527d71d7601163dd5dd6cd8114070b9..2fc01d71655e0cab99e06e635898ded416bfb864 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/instrument/WISH_Definition_6Panel.xml
+++ b/Code/Mantid/instrument/WISH_Definition_6Panel.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
        <handedness val="right"/>
        <origin val="beam" /> 
      </reference-frame>
-     <offsets spherical="vectors" />
      <!-- Comment "components-are-facing" out if you dont want the
      components defined in this file to face a position by default -->    
      <components-are-facing x="0.0" y="0.0" z="0.0" />