diff --git a/Geo/STensor3.h b/Geo/STensor3.h
index 3edc3b39809d307b03937b0017f6f55028f66531..42a8eb82bbfc03778456a715826c11db9cc49570 100644
--- a/Geo/STensor3.h
+++ b/Geo/STensor3.h
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ class STensor3 {
   }
   double trace() const
   {
-    return ((_val[0]+_val[4]+_val[8])/3.);
+    return ((_val[0]+_val[4]+_val[8]));
   }
 
   double dotprod() const