diff --git a/src/pystencils/backends/cbackend.py b/src/pystencils/backends/cbackend.py
index e95fb57903cf6fb7c2aaaf7d5679118d67097b46..10ef12e8329091341cb73ef8416bf4e960ae27e2 100644
--- a/src/pystencils/backends/cbackend.py
+++ b/src/pystencils/backends/cbackend.py
@@ -614,9 +614,7 @@ class VectorizedCustomSympyPrinter(CustomSympyPrinter):
             return None
 
     def _print_Abs(self, expr):
-        if 'abs' in self.instruction_set:
-            return self.instruction_set['abs'].format(self._print(expr.args[0]), **self._kwargs)
-        return super()._print_Abs(expr)
+        return self.instruction_set['abs'].format(self._print(expr.args[0]), **self._kwargs)
 
     def _typed_vectorized_number(self, expr, data_type):
         basic_data_type = data_type.base_type
diff --git a/tests/test_vectorization_specific.py b/tests/test_vectorization_specific.py
index 05a62476e61b1328d72891e4a0aae40ed2c6e6a6..e8b34a2ac8b327b630014907368e87b39c71eab5 100644
--- a/tests/test_vectorization_specific.py
+++ b/tests/test_vectorization_specific.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def test_vectorisation_varying_arch(instruction_set):
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('dtype', ('float32', 'float64'))
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('instruction_set', supported_instruction_sets)
-def test_vectorized_abs(instruction_set, dtype):
+def test_vectorized_abs_field(instruction_set, dtype):
     """Some instructions sets have abs, some don't.
        Furthermore, the special treatment of unary minus makes this data type-sensitive too.
     """
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def test_vectorized_abs(instruction_set, dtype):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('instruction_set', supported_instruction_sets)
-def test_vectorized_abs(instruction_set):
+def test_vectorized_abs_scalar(instruction_set):
     """Some instructions sets have abs, some don't.
        Furthermore, the special treatment of unary minus makes this data type-sensitive too.
     """