diff --git a/src/output/VTKWriter.cpp b/src/output/VTKWriter.cpp
index d01476cac3da67c1400efef7e3603e9bb91e096d..4f40e9af371333d2879ca28a2671278c365d6bbb 100644
--- a/src/output/VTKWriter.cpp
+++ b/src/output/VTKWriter.cpp
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@ VTKWriter::_write(const std::shared_ptr<const MeshType>& mesh,
   // Adding basic mesh information
   output_named_item_data_set.add(NamedItemData{"cell_number", mesh->connectivity().cellNumber()});
   output_named_item_data_set.add(NamedItemData{"node_number", mesh->connectivity().nodeNumber()});
-  output_named_item_data_set.add(NamedItemData{"cell_center", MeshDataManager::instance().getMeshData(*mesh).xj()});
 
   if (parallel::rank() == 0) {   // write PVTK file
     std::ofstream fout(_getFilenamePVTU());