diff --git a/src/Grid/grid_dist_id_unit_test.hpp b/src/Grid/grid_dist_id_unit_test.hpp
index 69fbafd89e83b0de51f9558a11559206aec211ad..a795034c1b471a0cf56801a1d9c460919861f0d9 100644
--- a/src/Grid/grid_dist_id_unit_test.hpp
+++ b/src/Grid/grid_dist_id_unit_test.hpp
@@ -169,8 +169,6 @@ void Test2D(const Box<2,float> & domain, long int k)
 
 		g_dist.template ghost_get<0>();
 
-		g_dist.write("output/");
-
 		// check that the communication is correctly completed
 
 		auto domg = g_dist.getDomainGhostIterator();