diff --git a/openmc/element.py b/openmc/element.py
index 10dfa06bc6..bd601f2587 100644
--- a/openmc/element.py
+++ b/openmc/element.py
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ class Element(object):
         # Create a list of the isotopes in this element
         isotopes = []
         for nuclide, abundance in zip(nuclides, abundances):
-            pct = float('{:2.8g}'.format(percent*abundance))
+            #pct = float('{:2.8g}'.format())
+            pct = percent*abundance
             isotopes.append((nuclide, pct, percent_type))
 
         return isotopes
diff --git a/tests/test_element_wo/inputs_true.dat b/tests/test_element_wo/inputs_true.dat
index 068fa25cd8..da97abc339 100644
--- a/tests/test_element_wo/inputs_true.dat
+++ b/tests/test_element_wo/inputs_true.dat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-89207d3b5639e54be2d2a3e4f8ea38a3b7d438c3d3da9d80d76b9fed9f2d44168dfad0ea273891a817ea87ba144107fdd3b9e1b89a2c8c08880a53d645e4af9a
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+f270ae43a29c53065678b419629ad713f5a4cc23c75825fee4da049d4159756f463fec86263a8dea6ce10fff6d60b24ebf100e8f5cc80e6d4fc31297ae1709ed
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diff --git a/tests/test_enrichment/inputs_true.dat b/tests/test_enrichment/inputs_true.dat
index 34f9afe7e5..49acd2945a 100644
--- a/tests/test_enrichment/inputs_true.dat
+++ b/tests/test_enrichment/inputs_true.dat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-87a238e2fef484680349715d37fcac80b10a8b503381923e1aa324c462156802dc01ce07a38ab5d00878dbe26cebede7879227c819334be071086c8b5cb3e5ee
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+835357f7b3c10f1153bb5842978075d9bb788d639759f143dfe58064865712fdf4e17ce50747949411e7c5215f33371e883e48b670509e222fa338bbfe613b80
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