diff --git a/scripts/Diffraction/isis_powder/routines/calibrate.py b/scripts/Diffraction/isis_powder/routines/calibrate.py
index e58491febac0a4c65cd591946ee76eb8ac77921a..9d3a33ca214fc9242930821df5b7419c05c68a71 100644
--- a/scripts/Diffraction/isis_powder/routines/calibrate.py
+++ b/scripts/Diffraction/isis_powder/routines/calibrate.py
@@ -21,18 +21,9 @@ def create_van(instrument, run_details, absorb):
                                                                input_batching=INPUT_BATCHING.Summed)
     input_van_ws = input_van_ws_list[0]  # As we asked for a summed ws there should only be one returned
 
-    print("hasattr(instrument._inst_settings, \"subtract_empty_inst\") = {}\n"
-          "instrument._inst_settings.subtract_empty_inst = {}".
-          format(hasattr(instrument._inst_settings, "subtract_empty_inst"),
-                 instrument._inst_settings.subtract_empty_inst))
-    if not hasattr(instrument._inst_settings, "subtract_empty_inst") or instrument._inst_settings.subtract_empty_inst:
-        print("subtracting")
-        corrected_van_ws = common.subtract_summed_runs(ws_to_correct=input_van_ws,
-                                                       empty_sample_ws_string=run_details.empty_runs,
-                                                       instrument=instrument)
-    else:
-        print("not subtracting")
-        corrected_van_ws = input_van_ws
+    corrected_van_ws = common.subtract_summed_runs(ws_to_correct=input_van_ws,
+                                                   empty_sample_ws_string=run_details.empty_runs,
+                                                   instrument=instrument)
 
     # Crop the tail end of the data on PEARL if they are not capturing slow neutrons
     corrected_van_ws = instrument._crop_raw_to_expected_tof_range(ws_to_crop=corrected_van_ws)