diff --git a/src/mpi.f90 b/src/mpi.f90
index cbb4dab..0bae87d 100644
--- a/src/mpi.f90
+++ b/src/mpi.f90
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ module mpi
     interface MPI_Allreduce
         module procedure MPI_Allreduce_scalar
         module procedure MPI_Allreduce_1D_recv_proc
-        module procedure MPI_Allreduce_array_real
+        module procedure MPI_Allreduce_1D_real_proc
         module procedure MPI_Allreduce_array_int
     end interface
 
@@ -462,15 +462,32 @@ subroutine MPI_Allreduce_1D_recv_proc(sendbuf, recvbuf, count, datatype, op, com
         end if
     end subroutine MPI_Allreduce_1D_recv_proc
 
-    subroutine MPI_Allreduce_array_real(sendbuf, recvbuf, count, datatype, op, comm, ierror)
-        use mpi_c_bindings, only: c_mpi_allreduce_array_real
-        ! Declare both send and recv as arrays:
-        real(8), dimension(:), intent(in)  :: sendbuf
-        real(8), dimension(:), intent(out) :: recvbuf
+    subroutine MPI_Allreduce_1D_real_proc(sendbuf, recvbuf, count, datatype, op, comm, ierror)
+        use iso_c_binding, only: c_int, c_ptr, c_loc
+        use mpi_c_bindings, only: c_mpi_allreduce, c_mpi_datatype_f2c, c_mpi_op_f2c, c_mpi_comm_f2c, c_mpi_in_place_f2c
+        real(8), dimension(:), intent(in), target :: sendbuf
+        real(8), dimension(:), intent(out), target :: recvbuf
         integer, intent(in) :: count, datatype, op, comm
         integer, intent(out), optional :: ierror
-        call c_mpi_allreduce_array_real(sendbuf, recvbuf, count, datatype, op, comm, ierror)
-    end subroutine MPI_Allreduce_array_real
+        type(c_ptr) :: sendbuf_ptr, recvbuf_ptr, c_datatype, c_op, c_comm
+        integer(c_int) :: local_ierr
+
+        sendbuf_ptr = c_loc(sendbuf)
+        recvbuf_ptr = c_loc(recvbuf)
+        c_datatype = c_mpi_datatype_f2c(datatype)
+        c_op = c_mpi_op_f2c(op)
+        c_comm = c_mpi_comm_f2c(comm)
+
+        local_ierr = c_mpi_allreduce(sendbuf_ptr, recvbuf_ptr, count, c_datatype, c_op, c_comm)
+
+        if (present(ierror)) then
+            ierror = local_ierr
+        else
+            if (local_ierr /= MPI_SUCCESS) then
+                print *, "MPI_Allreduce_1D_recv_proc failed with error code: ", local_ierr
+            end if
+        end if
+    end subroutine MPI_Allreduce_1D_real_proc
 
     subroutine MPI_Allreduce_array_int(sendbuf, recvbuf, count, datatype, op, comm, ierror)
         use mpi_c_bindings, only: c_mpi_allreduce_array_int
diff --git a/src/mpi_c_bindings.f90 b/src/mpi_c_bindings.f90
index 1b7c0d1..b7e3ad9 100644
--- a/src/mpi_c_bindings.f90
+++ b/src/mpi_c_bindings.f90
@@ -141,15 +141,7 @@ function c_mpi_allreduce(sendbuf, recvbuf, count, datatype, op, comm) &
             type(c_ptr), value :: datatype, op, comm
             integer(c_int) :: c_mpi_allreduce
         end function
-
-        subroutine c_mpi_allreduce_1d(sendbuf, recvbuf, count, datatype, op, comm, ierror) &
-                                                    bind(C, name="mpi_allreduce_wrapper_real")
-            use iso_c_binding, only: c_int, c_double
-            real(c_double), intent(in) :: sendbuf
-            real(c_double), dimension(*), intent(out) :: recvbuf
-            integer(c_int), intent(in) :: count, datatype, op, comm
-            integer(c_int), intent(out), optional :: ierror
-        end subroutine
+        
 
         subroutine c_mpi_allreduce_array_real(sendbuf, recvbuf, count, datatype, op, comm, ierror) &
                                                     bind(C, name="mpi_allreduce_wrapper_real")
diff --git a/src/mpi_wrapper.c b/src/mpi_wrapper.c
index 11d6d08..f16cc95 100644
--- a/src/mpi_wrapper.c
+++ b/src/mpi_wrapper.c
@@ -61,28 +61,6 @@ void* get_c_mpi_inplace_from_fortran(double sendbuf) {
     return MPI_IN_PLACE;
 }
 
-void mpi_allreduce_wrapper_real(const double *sendbuf, double *recvbuf, int *count,
-                            int *datatype_f, int *op_f, int *comm_f, int *ierror) {
-    MPI_Comm comm = get_c_comm_from_fortran(*comm_f);
-    MPI_Datatype datatype = get_c_datatype_from_fortran(*datatype_f);
-
-    // I'm a little doubtful: as how would it identify that this part
-    // is supposed to be for MPI_SUM?
-    MPI_Op op = MPI_Op_f2c(*op_f);
-    /*
-    hard-code values here:
-    1. We've hard-coded op as "MPI_SUM" for now, as in POT3D codebase, it's always
-       used as MPI_SUM
-    2. the first argument (i.e. sendbuf) as "MPI_IN_PLACE" for now as it's always
-       used as such in POT3D codebase
-    */
-   if (*sendbuf == FORTRAN_MPI_IN_PLACE) {
-        *ierror = MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE , recvbuf, *count, datatype, MPI_SUM, comm);
-   } else {
-        *ierror = MPI_Allreduce(sendbuf , recvbuf, *count, datatype, MPI_SUM, comm);
-   }
-}
-
 void mpi_allreduce_wrapper_int(const int *sendbuf, int *recvbuf, int *count,
                             int *datatype_f, int *op_f, int *comm_f, int *ierror) {
     MPI_Comm comm = get_c_comm_from_fortran(*comm_f);