diff --git a/dune/gfe/localgeodesicfestiffness.hh b/dune/gfe/localgeodesicfestiffness.hh
index d76d2105066dfd555a56e27f85ce78c66ae302b8..dcfa715e95dec83f8b18e7df18b2ddb2e05f6844 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/localgeodesicfestiffness.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/localgeodesicfestiffness.hh
@@ -112,9 +112,6 @@ class LocalGeodesicFEStiffnessImp
                 backwardSolution[i] = localSolution[i];
             }
 
-            // Project gradient in embedding space onto the tangent space
-            localGradient[i] = localSolution[i].projectOntoTangentSpace(localGradient[i]);
-        
         }
 
     }