diff --git a/Documentation/Examples/cascade_example.cc b/Documentation/Examples/cascade_example.cc
index c126ce13769e601a50ad8d64f337fd32d6657259..debc7ef5e374044054a54c56b2e12137c831c8c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/Examples/cascade_example.cc
+++ b/Documentation/Examples/cascade_example.cc
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ int main() {
   // hadronicElastic(env);
 
   process::TrackWriter::TrackWriter trackWriter("tracks.dat");
-  process::EnergyLoss::EnergyLoss eLoss(2_MeV / 1_g * square(1_cm));
+  process::EnergyLoss::EnergyLoss eLoss;
 
   // assemble all processes into an ordered process list
   // auto sequence = p0 << sibyll << decay << hadronicElastic << cut << trackWriter;
diff --git a/Processes/EnergyLoss/EnergyLoss.cc b/Processes/EnergyLoss/EnergyLoss.cc
index ad8636b1ad2dfd872909c582e4feabaacdde9817..6164f883342698838a96e5bcbc86a8d2ccad9db8 100644
--- a/Processes/EnergyLoss/EnergyLoss.cc
+++ b/Processes/EnergyLoss/EnergyLoss.cc
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ namespace corsika::process::EnergyLoss {
     return sqrt((Elab - m) * (Elab + m));
   };
 
-  EnergyLoss::EnergyLoss(MeVgcm2 const vdEdX)
-      : fdEdX(vdEdX)
-      , fEnergyLossTot(0_GeV) {}
+  EnergyLoss::EnergyLoss()
+      : fEnergyLossTot(0_GeV) {}
 
 
   /**
diff --git a/Processes/EnergyLoss/EnergyLoss.h b/Processes/EnergyLoss/EnergyLoss.h
index d000ff9151562c961f3606403ba724aa0452b68f..c9fe4aa61d617d8a42efa6000017564f8d61ee68 100644
--- a/Processes/EnergyLoss/EnergyLoss.h
+++ b/Processes/EnergyLoss/EnergyLoss.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace corsika::process::EnergyLoss {
                         corsika::units::si::HEPEnergyType Enew);
 
   public:
-    EnergyLoss(MeVgcm2 const vdEdX);
+    EnergyLoss();
     void Init() {}
 
     corsika::process::EProcessReturn DoContinuous(corsika::setup::Stack::ParticleType&,
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ namespace corsika::process::EnergyLoss {
     int GetXbin(corsika::setup::Stack::ParticleType& p,
                 const corsika::units::si::HEPEnergyType dE);
 
-    MeVgcm2 fdEdX;
     corsika::units::si::HEPEnergyType fEnergyLossTot;
     std::map<int, double> fSave;
   };