diff --git a/src/coreComponents/physicsSolvers/contact/SolidMechanicsLagrangeContact.hpp b/src/coreComponents/physicsSolvers/contact/SolidMechanicsLagrangeContact.hpp
index b77fac6ef2..2b71139a5d 100644
--- a/src/coreComponents/physicsSolvers/contact/SolidMechanicsLagrangeContact.hpp
+++ b/src/coreComponents/physicsSolvers/contact/SolidMechanicsLagrangeContact.hpp
@@ -101,10 +101,6 @@ class SolidMechanicsLagrangeContact : public ContactSolverBase
   virtual void
   resetStateToBeginningOfStep( DomainPartition & domain ) override;
 
-  virtual real64
-  setNextDt( real64 const & currentDt,
-             DomainPartition & domain ) override;
-
   void updateState( DomainPartition & domain ) override final;
 
   void assembleContact( DomainPartition & domain,