diff --git a/src/experiments/generic-experiment/experiment.cc b/src/experiments/generic-experiment/experiment.cc
index 506f0570..da6e3145 100644
--- a/src/experiments/generic-experiment/experiment.cc
+++ b/src/experiments/generic-experiment/experiment.cc
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ bool GenericExperiment::cb_start_experiment() {
 
 		l_mem_text.setWatchAddress(bounds.first);
 		l_mem_text.setWatchWidth(bounds.second - bounds.first);
-		l_mem_text.setTriggerAccessType(MemAccessEvent::MEM_WRITE);
 	}
 
 
@@ -232,7 +231,6 @@ bool GenericExperiment::cb_start_experiment() {
 
 		l_mem_outerspace.setWatchAddress(bounds.second);
 		l_mem_outerspace.setWatchWidth(numeric_limits<guest_address_t>::max() - bounds.second);
-		l_mem_outerspace.setTriggerAccessType(MemAccessEvent::MEM_WRITE);
 	}
 
 	if (cmd[WRITE_MEM_LOWERSPACE]) {
@@ -245,7 +243,6 @@ bool GenericExperiment::cb_start_experiment() {
 		// however, this is not the case for RISC-V and consequently, it is ignored here.
 		l_mem_lowerspace.setWatchAddress(numeric_limits<guest_address_t>::min());
 		l_mem_lowerspace.setWatchWidth(bounds.first - numeric_limits<guest_address_t>::min());
-		l_mem_lowerspace.setTriggerAccessType(MemAccessEvent::MEM_WRITE);
 	}
 
 	if (cmd[TRAP]) {
diff --git a/src/experiments/generic-experiment/experiment.hpp b/src/experiments/generic-experiment/experiment.hpp
index a53fedb5..cc3d86ac 100644
--- a/src/experiments/generic-experiment/experiment.hpp
+++ b/src/experiments/generic-experiment/experiment.hpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class GenericExperiment : public fail::DatabaseExperiment {
 	std::string serial_goldenrun;
 
 	bool enabled_mem_text;
-	fail::MemAccessListener l_mem_text;
+	fail::MemWriteListener l_mem_text;
 
 	bool enabled_mem_outerspace;
 	fail::MemAccessListener l_mem_outerspace;