diff --git a/tests/test125cells.c b/tests/test125cells.c
index 29e661b28c833da46c21fe44bce99a607207b0e7..a34bc00e843f793f17ffe20dad1f1b32055f494d 100644
--- a/tests/test125cells.c
+++ b/tests/test125cells.c
@@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ struct cell *make_cell(size_t n, const double offset[3], double size, double h,
   cell->ti_old_part = 8;
   cell->ti_end_min = 8;
   cell->ti_end_max = 8;
-  cell->ti_sort = 0;
 
   // shuffle_particles(cell->parts, cell->count);
 
diff --git a/tests/test27cells.c b/tests/test27cells.c
index fe0b15bfe7671ddbf7c9f66a19407d1d74d5b380..f34d82c587a5a4abb91670b03f02393fa48e57ca 100644
--- a/tests/test27cells.c
+++ b/tests/test27cells.c
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ struct cell *make_cell(size_t n, double *offset, double size, double h,
   cell->ti_old_part = 8;
   cell->ti_end_min = 8;
   cell->ti_end_max = 8;
-  cell->ti_sort = 8;
 
   shuffle_particles(cell->parts, cell->count);
 
diff --git a/tests/testPeriodicBC.c b/tests/testPeriodicBC.c
index 6dbe27a64908e232cb9478dfd2e2cf41d908d463..469ca9b15bab3b28978bdadb12a07846ac30551b 100644
--- a/tests/testPeriodicBC.c
+++ b/tests/testPeriodicBC.c
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ struct cell *make_cell(size_t n, double *offset, double size, double h,
   cell->ti_old_part = 8;
   cell->ti_end_min = 8;
   cell->ti_end_max = 8;
-  cell->ti_sort = 8;
 
   shuffle_particles(cell->parts, cell->count);