diff --git a/cosserat-continuum.cc b/cosserat-continuum.cc
index 1a76d44cd31ae859e60fe202b117f3925c9daf3a..e4a14226fb7b46c6529ac34ddc66f04bd637cf76 100644
--- a/cosserat-continuum.cc
+++ b/cosserat-continuum.cc
@@ -406,8 +406,6 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[]) try
     //   Output result
     // //////////////////////////////
 
-    CosseratVTKWriter<GridType>::write<FEBasis>(feBasis,x, resultPath + "cosserat");
-
     // finally: compute the average deformation of the Neumann boundary
     // That is what we need for the locking tests
     FieldVector<double,3> averageDef(0);