diff --git a/Mesh/meshGRegionDelaunayInsertion.cpp b/Mesh/meshGRegionDelaunayInsertion.cpp
index 285fe3ade7378c926d7a8fbf7081e8b9602b21b8..ee09941389fb8b326d51155ad00ff5a194890e7e 100644
--- a/Mesh/meshGRegionDelaunayInsertion.cpp
+++ b/Mesh/meshGRegionDelaunayInsertion.cpp
@@ -1795,7 +1795,6 @@ bool tetOnBox (MTetrahedron *t, MVertex *box[8]){
 
  void delaunayMeshIn3D(std::vector<MVertex*> &v, std::vector<MTetrahedron*> &result, bool removeBox)
 {
-  removeBox = false;
   std::vector<MTet4*> t;
   t.reserve (v.size()*7);
   std::vector<faceXtet> conn;