diff --git a/src/one-body-sample.cc b/src/one-body-sample.cc
index fe3c4590fa63f39e9871147503420c1976c1a760..36827736004729f89784a3129f477e6e7fa84c2f 100644
--- a/src/one-body-sample.cc
+++ b/src/one-body-sample.cc
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@
 #include <dune/fufem/assemblers/localassemblers/stvenantkirchhoffassembler.hh>
 #include <dune/fufem/assemblers/localassemblers/vonmisesstressassembler.hh>
 #include <dune/fufem/assemblers/operatorassembler.hh>
-#include <dune/fufem/boundarypatch.hh>
-#include <dune/fufem/computestress.hh>
 #include <dune/fufem/dunepython.hh>
 #include <dune/fufem/functions/basisgridfunction.hh>
 #include <dune/fufem/functions/constantfunction.hh>
@@ -272,7 +270,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     auto const nodalIntegrals =
         assemble_frictional<GridType, GridView, SmallVector, P1Basis>(
             leafView, p1Basis, frictionalNodes);
-    BoundaryPatch<GridView> const frictionalBoundary(leafView, frictionalNodes);
 
     // {{{ Initialise vectors
     VectorType u(finestSize);
@@ -399,21 +396,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
           timeSteppingScheme->extractDisplacement(u);
           timeSteppingScheme->extractVelocity(ud);
 
-          // Update the normal stress
-          if (parset.get<bool>("updateNormalStress")) {
-            VectorType tmp(finestSize);
-            Stress<GridView>::getElasticSurfaceNormalStress(frictionalBoundary,
-                                                            u, tmp, E, nu);
-            for (size_t i = 0; i < frictionalNodes.size(); ++i)
-              if (frictionalNodes[i][0]) {
-                if (tmp[i][1] < 0) {
-                  DUNE_THROW(Dune::Exception,
-                             "Encountered negative normal stress");
-                } else
-                  surfaceNormalStress[i] = tmp[i][1];
-              }
-          }
-
           // Update the state
           for (size_t i = 0; i < frictionalNodes.size(); ++i) {
             if (frictionalNodes[i][0]) {
diff --git a/src/one-body-sample.parset b/src/one-body-sample.parset
index 3c90028836e6cff9a2401148d8e5961f10edfec2..bf591145a08d15dc7b89ad58eba32f120022cdfc 100644
--- a/src/one-body-sample.parset
+++ b/src/one-body-sample.parset
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ enableTimer = false
 
 timeSteppingScheme = implicitEuler
 
-updateNormalStress = false
-
 [grid]
 refinements = 4