diff --git a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.cpp b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.cpp
index 1aaa26808a81a59220d34249c6d59803a7e6f595..2bcaa08aeedff7cb80cc3b0edd866e16ac6793a1 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.cpp
+++ b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.cpp
@@ -103,8 +103,7 @@ void NodeWiseMeshPartitioner::findNonGhostNodesInPartition(
         partition.number_of_non_ghost_base_nodes + extra_nodes.size();
 }
 
-void NodeWiseMeshPartitioner::findElementsInPartition(
-    std::size_t const part_id, const bool is_mixed_high_order_linear_elems)
+void NodeWiseMeshPartitioner::findElementsInPartition(std::size_t const part_id)
 {
     auto& partition = _partitions[part_id];
     std::vector<MeshLib::Element*> const& elements = _mesh->getElements();
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ void NodeWiseMeshPartitioner::processPartition(std::size_t const part_id,
     findNonGhostNodesInPartition(part_id, is_mixed_high_order_linear_elems,
                                  extra_nodes);
 
-    findElementsInPartition(part_id, is_mixed_high_order_linear_elems);
+    findElementsInPartition(part_id);
     findGhostNodesInPartition(part_id, is_mixed_high_order_linear_elems,
                               extra_nodes);
     auto& partition = _partitions[part_id];
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.h b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.h
index 5b5f8fbe0ba4197fb373f25e7823e295cc09824a..23023d5bf5bd129dfa684740ccc86d735000ac80 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.h
+++ b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.h
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ private:
     /// fills vector partition.regular_elements
     /// 2 find ghost elements belonging to the partition part_id
     /// fills vector partition.ghost_elements
-    void findElementsInPartition(std::size_t const part_id,
-                                 const bool is_mixed_high_order_linear_elems);
+    void findElementsInPartition(std::size_t const part_id);
 
     /// Prerequisite: the ghost elements has to be found (using
     /// findElementsInPartition).