diff --git a/src/active.h b/src/active.h
index 949babf1b1f8d27c89d0a5d9c3a93f1825512fd3..d73e7b9ef400174ba27a53c1ffb6579e7630dd16 100644
--- a/src/active.h
+++ b/src/active.h
@@ -73,6 +73,20 @@ __attribute__((always_inline)) INLINE static int cell_are_gpart_drifted(
   return (c->ti_old_gpart == e->ti_current);
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Check that the #spart in a #cell have been drifted to the current
+ * time.
+ *
+ * @param c The #cell.
+ * @param e The #engine containing information about the current time.
+ * @return 1 if the #cell has been drifted to the current time, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+__attribute__((always_inline)) INLINE static int cell_are_spart_drifted(
+    const struct cell *c, const struct engine *e) {
+
+  return 1;
+}
+
 /* Are cells / particles active for regular tasks ? */
 
 /**
@@ -174,6 +188,19 @@ __attribute__((always_inline)) INLINE static int cell_is_all_active_gravity(
   return (c->ti_gravity_end_max == e->ti_current);
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Does a cell contain any s-particle finishing their time-step now ?
+ *
+ * @param c The #cell.
+ * @param e The #engine containing information about the current time.
+ * @return 1 if the #cell contains at least an active particle, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+__attribute__((always_inline)) INLINE static int cell_is_active_star(
+    const struct cell *c, const struct engine *e) {
+
+  return 1;
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Is this particle finishing its time-step now ?
  *