diff --git a/dune/tectonic/frictionpotential.hh b/dune/tectonic/frictionpotential.hh
index 4dbec7e7127d02733ff5b3ec2edfa1addc63ce8e..272419c0fbdb189cf230c2125bf51aad45d158af 100644
--- a/dune/tectonic/frictionpotential.hh
+++ b/dune/tectonic/frictionpotential.hh
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 
 #include "frictiondata.hh"
 
-class FrictionPotentialWrapper {
+class FrictionPotential {
 public:
-  virtual ~FrictionPotentialWrapper() {}
+  virtual ~FrictionPotential() {}
 
   double virtual differential(double s) const = 0;
   double virtual second_deriv(double x) const = 0;
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class FrictionPotentialWrapper {
   void virtual updateAlpha(double) = 0;
 };
 
-class TruncatedRateState : public FrictionPotentialWrapper {
+class TruncatedRateState : public FrictionPotential {
 public:
   TruncatedRateState(double coefficient, double _normalStress, FrictionData _fd)
       : fd(_fd), weight(coefficient), normalStress(_normalStress) {}
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class TruncatedRateState : public FrictionPotentialWrapper {
   double Vmin;
 };
 
-class TrivialFunction : public FrictionPotentialWrapper {
+class TrivialFunction : public FrictionPotential {
 public:
   double evaluate(double) const { return 0; }
 
diff --git a/dune/tectonic/localfriction.hh b/dune/tectonic/localfriction.hh
index ed96fdd5000aa8b7fd1a49065854ac1201678644..d780bf354352be5a945bb39d35d48a197efb6b2b 100644
--- a/dune/tectonic/localfriction.hh
+++ b/dune/tectonic/localfriction.hh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ template <size_t dimension> class LocalFriction {
   using VectorType = Dune::FieldVector<double, dimension>;
   using MatrixType = Dune::FieldMatrix<double, dimension, dimension>;
 
-  explicit LocalFriction(std::shared_ptr<FrictionPotentialWrapper> func)
+  explicit LocalFriction(std::shared_ptr<FrictionPotential> func)
       : func(func) {}
 
   double operator()(VectorType const &x) const {
@@ -106,6 +106,6 @@ template <size_t dimension> class LocalFriction {
   }
 
 private:
-  std::shared_ptr<FrictionPotentialWrapper> const func;
+  std::shared_ptr<FrictionPotential> const func;
 };
 #endif