diff --git a/dumux/multidomain/boundary/freeflowsolidenergy/couplingmanager.hh b/dumux/multidomain/boundary/freeflowsolidenergy/couplingmanager.hh
index c115567c164cce0c1c237c039534fbf4038c8f02..d35f5ed29b0ca9d8b0536c9c099aeae7c368a62a 100644
--- a/dumux/multidomain/boundary/freeflowsolidenergy/couplingmanager.hh
+++ b/dumux/multidomain/boundary/freeflowsolidenergy/couplingmanager.hh
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ namespace Dumux {
  */
 template<class MDTraits>
 class FreeFlowSolidEnergyCouplingManager
-: public StaggeredCouplingManagerBase<MDTraits, FreeFlowSolidEnergyCouplingManager<MDTraits>>
+: public StaggeredCouplingManager<MDTraits>
 {
     using Scalar = typename MDTraits::Scalar;
-    using ParentType = StaggeredCouplingManagerBase<MDTraits, FreeFlowSolidEnergyCouplingManager<MDTraits>>;
+    using ParentType = StaggeredCouplingManager<MDTraits>;
 
 public:
     static constexpr auto freeFlowCellCenterIdx = typename MDTraits::template SubDomain<0>::Index();