diff --git a/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshNodes.cpp b/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshEntities.cpp
similarity index 95%
rename from MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshNodes.cpp
rename to MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshEntities.cpp
index 8cb538c21e32bd7f00e489c069ff295ba42c6c77..7555f91af8cc6f392e6f022bae2757b244459627 100644
--- a/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshNodes.cpp
+++ b/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshEntities.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * \file
  * \author Karsten Rink
  * \date   2013-04-04
- * \brief  Implementation of removeMeshNodes.
+ * \brief  Implementation of removeMeshEntities.
  *
  * \copyright
  * Copyright (c) 2013, OpenGeoSys Community (http://www.opengeosys.org)
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "removeMeshNodes.h"
+#include "removeMeshEntities.h"
 #include "Mesh.h"
 #include "Node.h"
 #include "Elements/Element.h"
diff --git a/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshNodes.h b/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshEntities.h
similarity index 81%
rename from MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshNodes.h
rename to MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshEntities.h
index fd84afa5e194153e0710ac71de01bac13df59a65..d9b14450b90ea723be4ad61b9826995201d303aa 100644
--- a/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshNodes.h
+++ b/MeshLib/MeshEditing/removeMeshEntities.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * \file
  * \author Karsten Rink
  * \date   2013-04-04
- * \brief  Definition of the removeMeshNodes
+ * \brief  Definition of the removeMeshEntities
  *
  * \copyright
  * Copyright (c) 2013, OpenGeoSys Community (http://www.opengeosys.org)
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
  *
  */
 
-#ifndef REMOVEMESHNODES_H
-#define REMOVEMESHNODES_H
+#ifndef REMOVEMESHENTITIES_H
+#define REMOVEMESHENTITIES_H
 
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ class Mesh;
 
 } // end namespace MeshLib
 
-#endif //REMOVEMESHNODES_H
+#endif //REMOVEMESHENTITIES_H
diff --git a/MeshLib/Node.h b/MeshLib/Node.h
index 1df7d968851bc6981b212bada1342357f550cb1a..d29c63aeaa86a84742e9f3fbb734bdf4a11863f9 100644
--- a/MeshLib/Node.h
+++ b/MeshLib/Node.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "PointWithID.h"
 #include "Mesh.h"
-#include "MeshEditing/removeMeshNodes.h"
+#include "MeshEditing/removeMeshEntities.h"
 #include "MeshSurfaceExtraction.h"
 #ifdef OGS_BUILD_GUI
 	#include "../Gui/DataView/MshLayerMapper.h"