diff --git a/test/cosseratcontinuumtest.cc b/test/cosseratcontinuumtest.cc
index 3c034b6e2cd916f9b2e9fc8903da1b50fb1299b7..90ab7653c90c593ef6a9768e854b0db6ca628c75 100644
--- a/test/cosseratcontinuumtest.cc
+++ b/test/cosseratcontinuumtest.cc
@@ -185,13 +185,11 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
   // ////////////////////////////
 
   ParameterTree parameters;
-  parameters["thickness"] = "0.1";
   parameters["mu"] = "1";
   parameters["lambda"] = "1";
   parameters["mu_c"] = "1";
   parameters["L_c"] = "0.1";
   parameters["q"] = "2";
-  parameters["kappa"] = "1";
   parameters["b1"] = "1";
   parameters["b2"] = "1";
   parameters["b3"] = "1";