diff --git a/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/sdp_beamformer_output.vhd b/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/sdp_beamformer_output.vhd
index 688042034a72ccd9de6c174478ae02b121eb4516..4012eabd8272c77d113e651524ae650d6c441aa3 100644
--- a/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/sdp_beamformer_output.vhd
+++ b/applications/lofar2/libraries/sdp/src/vhdl/sdp_beamformer_output.vhd
@@ -244,17 +244,14 @@ begin
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   u_dp_packet_merge : entity dp_lib.dp_packet_merge
   generic map(
+    g_use_ready     => false,  -- no flow control
     g_nof_pkt       => c_nof_blocks_per_packet,
     g_bsn_increment => 1
   )
   port map(
     rst     => dp_rst,
     clk     => dp_clk,
-
-    snk_out => OPEN,
     snk_in  => dp_repack_beamlet_src_out,
-
-    src_in  => c_dp_siso_rdy,
     src_out => dp_packet_merge_src_out
   );