diff --git a/include/main.h b/include/main.h
index 907e9658eb85123bf98c26db6fb5911e61ab0177..7b00b8de17bdd6766a69cf2364ef522a2c64d7f7 100644
--- a/include/main.h
+++ b/include/main.h
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ extern int nbPts;
 /*! \brief RHS for my tests */
 extern void *rhs;
 
-/*! \brief flag to activate traces generation */
-extern int generate_traces;
-
 /*! \brief Flag to compute and display matrix norms during Hmat tests */
 extern int computeNorm;
 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index e8d37e0614faf027b2956879df76cbf1e79d48f6..4bcb5751567ce76bafdb17c44d0e1527df9a4111 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ int nbAlgoRuns = 1;
 char *sTYPE_ELEMENT_ARRAY_test_fembem[] = {NULL};
 int coupled = 0;
 int partial_fembem = 0;
-int generate_traces = 0;
 int useDetail;
 int computeNorm;
 int symMatContent = 1;
@@ -110,10 +109,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     nbPts = (int)nbf;
     printf("Reading nbPts = %d\n", nbPts) ;
   }
-  if (MpfArgHasName(&argc, argv, 1, "-traces") > 0) {
-    generate_traces = 1;
-    printf("Generate traces activated\n") ;
-  }
 
   /* Nullify part of the FEM-EM interactions (used in initPipe) */
   if (MpfArgHasName(&argc, argv, 1, "--partial-fembem")) {