diff --git a/dune/elasticity/assemblers/neohookefunctionalassembler.hh b/dune/elasticity/assemblers/neohookefunctionalassembler.hh
index 2292b8deb083c772f08089aa155681c72b976619..d4dc7d3fcea58eed100ecc95afd6761f19d59271 100644
--- a/dune/elasticity/assemblers/neohookefunctionalassembler.hh
+++ b/dune/elasticity/assemblers/neohookefunctionalassembler.hh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <dune/fufem/symmetrictensor.hh>
 #include <dune/fufem/functions/virtualgridfunction.hh>
 
-#include <dune/elasticity/common/elasticityhelper.hh>
+#include <dune/elasticity/common/elasticityhelpers.hh>
 
 /** \brief Local assembler for the linearization of a nonlinear Neo-Hookean energy at a displacement u
  *
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public:
     NeoHookeFunctionalAssembler(ctype lambda, ctype mu, const Dune::shared_ptr<GridFunction> displacement) :
         lambda_(lambda),
         mu_(mu),
-        configuration_(configuration)
+        displacement_(displacement)
     {}
 
     //! Create assembler from material parameters
@@ -117,29 +117,24 @@ public:
 
             }
 
-            // evaluate the displacement gradients of the configuration at the quadrature point
+            // evaluate the displacement gradient at the quadrature point
             typename GridFunction::DerivativeType localConfGrad;
-            if (configuration_->isDefinedOn(*element))
-                configuration_->evaluateDerivativeLocal(*element, quadPos, localConfGrad);
+            if (displacement_->isDefinedOn(*element))
+                displacement_->evaluateDerivativeLocal(*element, quadPos, localConfGrad);
             else
-                configuration_->evaluateDerivative(geometry.global(quadPos),localConfGrad);
-
-            // evaluate the derminante of the deformation gradient
-            const ctype J = localConfGrad.determinant();
+                displacement_->evaluateDerivative(geometry.global(quadPos),localConfGrad);
 
             // compute linearization of the determinante of the deformation gradient
             FMdimdim linDefDet;
             Dune::Elasticity::linearisedDefDet(localConfGrad,linDefDet);
-        
-
-            /* Compute the nonlinear strain tensor from the displacement gradient*/
-            SymmetricTensor<dim> strain;
-            computeStrain(localConfGrad,strain);
 
             // make deformation gradient out of the discplacement
             for (int i=0;i<dim;i++)
                 localConfGrad[i][i] += 1;        
 
+            // evaluate the derminante of the deformation gradient
+            const ctype J = localConfGrad.determinant();
+
             // collect terms 
             FMdimdim fu(0);
 
@@ -162,8 +157,8 @@ public:
     }
 
     /** \brief Set new configuration. In Newton iterations this needs to be assembled more than one time.*/
-    void setConfiguration(Dune::shared_ptr<GridFunction> newConfig) {
-        configuration_ = newConfig;
+    void setConfiguration(Dune::shared_ptr<GridFunction> newDisplacement) {
+        displacement_ = newDisplacement;
     }
 
 private:
@@ -174,7 +169,7 @@ private:
     ctype mu_;
 
     /** \brief The configuration at which the functional is evaluated.*/
-    Dune::shared_ptr<GridFunction> configuration_;
+    Dune::shared_ptr<GridFunction> displacement_;
 };
 
 #endif