diff --git a/src/one-body-sample.cc b/src/one-body-sample.cc
index e12475a46a13b5c631b1aa0ef92cfab7cf9de976..ce7d0903d2af4eaa6f21647a103c536b1b950791 100644
--- a/src/one-body-sample.cc
+++ b/src/one-body-sample.cc
@@ -366,12 +366,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     auto const &dirichletFunction = functions.get("dirichletCondition");
     auto const &neumannFunction = functions.get("neumannCondition");
 
-    // Find a (somewhat random) frictional node
-    size_t first_frictional_node = 0;
-    while (!frictionalNodes[first_frictional_node][0] &&
-           first_frictional_node < frictionalNodes.size())
-      ++first_frictional_node;
-
     auto timeSteppingScheme =
         initTimeStepper(parset.get<Config::scheme>("timeSteppingScheme"),
                         dirichletFunction, ignoreNodes, massMatrix,