diff --git a/examples/python/in.pair_python_coulomb b/examples/python/in.pair_python_coulomb
index 594459247..7eb8599ac 100644
--- a/examples/python/in.pair_python_coulomb
+++ b/examples/python/in.pair_python_coulomb
@@ -1,45 +1,42 @@
 units		real	
 atom_style	full
 
 read_data	data.spce
 
-pair_style	hybrid/overlay coul/long 12.0 python 12.0
-kspace_style	pppm 1.0e-6
+pair_style	hybrid/overlay coul/cut 12.0 python 12.0
 
-pair_coeff	* * coul/long
+pair_coeff	* * coul/cut
 pair_coeff	* * python py_pot.LJCutSPCE OW NULL
 
-pair_modify     table 0
-
 bond_style	harmonic
 angle_style	harmonic
 dihedral_style	none
 improper_style	none
 
 bond_coeff	1 1000.00 1.000
 angle_coeff	1 100.0 109.47
 
 special_bonds   lj/coul 0.0 0.0 1.0
 
 neighbor        2.0 bin
 
 fix		1 all shake 0.0001 20 0 b 1 a 1
 fix		2 all nvt temp 300.0 300.0 100.0
 
 # create combined lj/coul table for all atom types
 # generate tabulated potential from python variant
 pair_write      1 1 2000 rsq 0.1 12 spce.table OW-OW -0.8472 -0.8472
 pair_write      1 2 2000 rsq 0.1 12 spce.table OW-HW -0.8472  0.4236
 pair_write      2 2 2000 rsq 0.1 12 spce.table HW-HW  0.4236  0.4236
 
 # switch to tabulated potential
 pair_style      table linear 2000 pppm
 pair_coeff      1 1 spce.table OW-OW
 pair_coeff      1 2 spce.table OW-HW
 pair_coeff      2 2 spce.table HW-HW
 
 thermo 10
 run 100
 
 shell rm spce.table