diff --git a/src/distances.hh b/src/distances.hh
index 1dfa47e7b076bddc1f441776dafb4a4d862b86d5..ffe7dd514a37de6c6c370fb9978284683b6986eb 100644
--- a/src/distances.hh
+++ b/src/distances.hh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ template <class Geometry> double diameter(Geometry const &geometry) {
 }
 
 template <class Geometry>
-double distanceToWeakeningRegion(
+double distance(
     Geometry const &g,
     ConvexPolyhedron<typename Geometry::GlobalCoordinate> const &weakPatch) {
   using Coordinate = typename Geometry::GlobalCoordinate;
diff --git a/src/sand-wedge-data/mygrid.cc b/src/sand-wedge-data/mygrid.cc
index 1a5499d2e517986cb137b08b3a267ec7d4a566a3..93e3a883936cbed8f0eeb8d69ebbb703042924ab 100644
--- a/src/sand-wedge-data/mygrid.cc
+++ b/src/sand-wedge-data/mygrid.cc
@@ -203,8 +203,7 @@ void refine(Grid &grid, ConvexPolyhedron<LocalVector> const &weakPatch,
          it != grid.template leafend<0>(); ++it) {
       auto const geometry = it->geometry();
 
-      auto const weakeningRegionDistance =
-          distanceToWeakeningRegion(geometry, weakPatch);
+      auto const weakeningRegionDistance = distance(geometry, weakPatch);
       auto const admissibleDiameter =
           computeAdmissibleDiameter(weakeningRegionDistance, smallestDiameter);