diff --git a/MaterialLib/FractureModels/Coulomb.cpp b/MaterialLib/FractureModels/Coulomb.cpp
index 8b91ff246d5495ca5f88cf22cd4eddd314ae3214..7735de1d440db106b495f8ef896fed4122a0d51f 100644
--- a/MaterialLib/FractureModels/Coulomb.cpp
+++ b/MaterialLib/FractureModels/Coulomb.cpp
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ namespace Fracture
 {
 namespace Coulomb
 {
-namespace
-{
 
 struct MaterialPropertyValues
 {
@@ -47,8 +45,6 @@ struct MaterialPropertyValues
     }
 };
 
-}  // namespace
-
 template <int DisplacementDim>
 void Coulomb<DisplacementDim>::computeConstitutiveRelation(
     double const t,