diff --git a/ProcessLib/HydroMechanics/HydroMechanicsFEM-impl.h b/ProcessLib/HydroMechanics/HydroMechanicsFEM-impl.h
index 26e85168734bf1d0afc75bc74b4e9e12c075276c..28a8ebe49b2da6c6811fa8aa59fa26cc84897e18 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/HydroMechanics/HydroMechanicsFEM-impl.h
+++ b/ProcessLib/HydroMechanics/HydroMechanicsFEM-impl.h
@@ -288,9 +288,6 @@ HydroMechanicsLocalAssembler<ShapeFunctionDisplacement, ShapeFunctionPressure,
         double, DisplacementDim, Eigen::Dynamic, Eigen::RowMajor>>(
         cache, DisplacementDim, num_intpts);
 
-    SpatialPosition pos;
-    pos.setElementID(_element.getID());
-
     auto p = Eigen::Map<typename ShapeMatricesTypePressure::template VectorType<
         pressure_size> const>(local_x.data() + pressure_index, pressure_size);