diff --git a/simulation/traffic_simulator/src/lanelet_wrapper/lanelet_map.cpp b/simulation/traffic_simulator/src/lanelet_wrapper/lanelet_map.cpp
index e9f0986e1e1..37f5010022d 100644
--- a/simulation/traffic_simulator/src/lanelet_wrapper/lanelet_map.cpp
+++ b/simulation/traffic_simulator/src/lanelet_wrapper/lanelet_map.cpp
@@ -151,18 +151,7 @@ auto centerPoints(const lanelet::Ids & lanelet_ids) -> std::vector<Point>
       const auto & points = centerPoints(lanelet_id);
       center_points.insert(center_points.end(), points.begin(), points.end());
     }
-    std::sort(
-      center_points.begin(), center_points.end(), [](const Point & lhs, const Point & rhs) -> bool {
-        if (lhs.x < rhs.x) {
-          return true;
-        } else if (lhs.x == rhs.x && lhs.y < rhs.y) {
-          return true;
-        } else if (lhs.x == rhs.x && lhs.y == rhs.y && lhs.z < rhs.z) {
-          return true;
-        } else {
-          return false;
-        }
-      });
+    /// @note We intentionally do not sort here, because only consecutive duplicates are supposed to be removed
     center_points.erase(
       std::unique(center_points.begin(), center_points.end()), center_points.end());
     return center_points;