diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index c638794f070f432f90a13ca4f12ecd8e61725999..956c3767785d39442a416f9115ab29dbbbd571aa 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ add_definitions(-DDUNE_GRID_EXAMPLE_GRIDS_PATH=\"${DUNE_GRID_EXAMPLE_GRIDS_PATH}
 
 set(TESTS
   averagedistanceassemblertest
-  cosseratenergytest
   cosseratrodenergytest
   cosseratrodtest
   embeddedglobalgfefunctiontest
diff --git a/test/cosseratenergytest.cc b/test/cosseratenergytest.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 9589bb562992ebf4e407d57f5d6d82d3f1341f1f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/cosseratenergytest.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,176 +0,0 @@
-#include "config.h"
-
-#include <dune/grid/uggrid.hh>
-
-#include <dune/geometry/type.hh>
-#include <dune/geometry/quadraturerules.hh>
-
-#include <dune/functions/functionspacebases/lagrangebasis.hh>
-
-#include <dune/gfe/assemblers/cosseratenergystiffness.hh>
-#include <dune/gfe/spaces/productmanifold.hh>
-#include <dune/gfe/spaces/realtuple.hh>
-#include <dune/gfe/spaces/rotation.hh>
-
-#include "multiindex.hh"
-#include "valuefactory.hh"
-
-using namespace Dune;
-using namespace Dune::Indices;
-
-
-using TargetSpace = GFE::ProductManifold<RealTuple<double,3>,Rotation<double,3> >;
-
-// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//   Make a test grid consisting of a single simplex
-// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-template <class GridType>
-std::unique_ptr<GridType> makeSingleSimplexGrid()
-{
-  static const int domainDim = GridType::dimension;
-  GridFactory<GridType> factory;
-
-  FieldVector<double,domainDim> pos(0);
-  factory.insertVertex(pos);
-
-  for (int i=0; i<domainDim; i++) {
-    pos = 0;
-    pos[i] = 1;
-    factory.insertVertex(pos);
-  }
-
-  std::vector<unsigned int> v(domainDim+1);
-  for (int i=0; i<domainDim+1; i++)
-    v[i] = i;
-  factory.insertElement(GeometryTypes::simplex(domainDim), v);
-
-  return factory.createGrid();
-}
-
-
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//   Test invariance of the energy functional under rotations
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-template <class GridType>
-void testEnergy(const GridType* grid, const std::vector<TargetSpace>& coefficients)
-{
-  ParameterTree materialParameters;
-  materialParameters["thickness"] = "0.1";
-  materialParameters["mu"] = "3.8462e+05";
-  materialParameters["lambda"] = "2.7149e+05";
-  materialParameters["mu_c"] = "3.8462e+05";
-  materialParameters["L_c"] = "0.1";
-  materialParameters["q"] = "2.5";
-  materialParameters["kappa"] = "0.1";
-  materialParameters["b1"] = "1";
-  materialParameters["b2"] = "1";
-  materialParameters["b3"] = "1";
-
-  typedef Dune::Functions::LagrangeBasis<typename GridType::LeafGridView,1> FEBasis;
-  FEBasis feBasis(grid->leafGridView());
-
-  CosseratEnergyLocalStiffness<FEBasis,3> assembler(materialParameters,
-                                                    nullptr,
-                                                    nullptr,
-                                                    nullptr);
-
-  // compute reference energy
-  auto localView = feBasis.localView();
-  localView.bind(*grid->leafGridView().template begin<0>());
-
-  double referenceEnergy = assembler.energy(localView,
-                                            coefficients);
-
-  // rotate the entire configuration
-  std::vector<TargetSpace> rotatedCoefficients(coefficients.size());
-
-  std::vector<Rotation<double,3> > testRotations;
-  ValueFactory<Rotation<double,3> >::get(testRotations);
-
-  for (size_t i=0; i<testRotations.size(); i++) {
-
-    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-    //  Multiply the given configuration by the test rotation.
-    //  The energy should remain unchanged.
-    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-    FieldMatrix<double,3,3> matrix;
-    testRotations[i].matrix(matrix);
-
-    for (size_t j=0; j<coefficients.size(); j++) {
-      FieldVector<double,3> tmp;
-      matrix.mv(coefficients[j][_0].globalCoordinates(), tmp);
-      rotatedCoefficients[j][_0].globalCoordinates() = tmp;
-
-      rotatedCoefficients[j][_1] = testRotations[i].mult(coefficients[j][_1]);
-    }
-
-    double energy = assembler.energy(localView,
-                                     rotatedCoefficients);
-    assert(std::fabs(energy-referenceEnergy)/std::fabs(energy) < 1e-4);
-
-  }
-
-}
-
-
-template <int domainDim>
-void testFrameInvariance()
-{
-  std::cout << " --- Testing frame invariance of the Cosserat energy, domain dimension: " << domainDim << " ---" << std::endl;
-
-  // ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-  //   Make a test grid consisting of a single simplex
-  // ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-  typedef UGGrid<domainDim> GridType;
-  const std::unique_ptr<GridType> grid = makeSingleSimplexGrid<GridType>();
-
-  // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-  //  Test whether the energy is invariant under isometries
-  // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-  std::vector<TargetSpace> testPoints;
-  ValueFactory<TargetSpace>::get(testPoints);
-
-  // Set up elements of SE(3)
-  std::vector<TargetSpace> coefficients(domainDim+1);
-
-  ::MultiIndex index(domainDim+1, testPoints.size());
-  int numIndices = index.cycle();
-
-  for (int i=0; i<numIndices; i++, ++index) {
-
-    // Discard all configurations that deform the element to zero area
-    bool identicalPoints = false;
-    for (int j=0; j<domainDim+1; j++)
-      for (int k=0; k<domainDim+1; k++)
-        if (j!=k and (testPoints[index[j]][_0].globalCoordinates() - testPoints[index[k]][_0].globalCoordinates()).two_norm() < 1e-5)
-          identicalPoints = true;
-
-    if (identicalPoints)
-      continue;
-
-    for (int j=0; j<domainDim+1; j++)
-      coefficients[j] = testPoints[index[j]];
-
-    testEnergy<GridType>(grid.get(), coefficients);
-
-  }
-
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char** argv)
-{
-  MPIHelper::instance(argc, argv);
-
-  const int domainDim = 2;
-
-  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-  //   Test invariance of the energy functional under rotations
-  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-  testFrameInvariance<domainDim>();
-
-}