diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index c2b74076c..141cf9c8c 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -193,8 +193,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   }
 
   ml_plot.init_plotting(*pde, adaptive_grid.get_table());
-  ml_plot.plot_fval(*pde, adaptive_grid.get_table(), real_space,
-                    analytic_solution_realspace);
 
   // send initial condition to matlab
   std::vector<size_t> sizes(pde->num_dims);