diff --git a/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/cvfe/indices.hh b/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/cvfe/indices.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a341de458a71793d696789181ef3b93de16d5c98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/cvfe/indices.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// -*- mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
+// vi: set et ts=4 sw=4 sts=4:
+/*****************************************************************************
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+ *                                                                           *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify    *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by    *
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+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                     *
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+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the            *
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+ *                                                                           *
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+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.   *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+/*!
+ * \file
+ * \ingroup NavierStokesModel
+ * \copydoc Dumux::NavierStokesIndices
+ */
+#ifndef DUMUX_NAVIERSTOKES_MOMENTUM_CVFE_INDICES_HH
+#define DUMUX_NAVIERSTOKES_MOMENTUM_CVFE_INDICES_HH
+
+namespace Dumux {
+
+/*!
+ * \ingroup NavierStokesModel
+ * \brief The common indices for the isothermal Navier-Stokes model.
+ *
+ * \tparam dimension The dimension of the problem
+ */
+template <int dimension>
+struct NavierStokesMomentumCVFEIndices
+{
+    static constexpr int dimXIdx = 0; //!< Index of the x-component of a vector of size dim
+    static constexpr int dimYIdx = 1; //!< Index of the y-component of a vector of size dim
+    static constexpr int dimZIdx = 2; //!< Index of the z-component of a vector of size dim
+
+    static constexpr auto dim = dimension;
+
+    static constexpr int momentumXBalanceIdx = 0; //!< Index of the momentum balance equation
+    static constexpr int momentumYBalanceIdx = 1; //!< Index of the momentum balance equation
+    static constexpr int momentumZBalanceIdx = 2; //!< Index of the momentum balance equation
+
+    static constexpr int velocityXIdx = 0; //!< Index of the velocity in a solution vector
+    static constexpr int velocityYIdx = 1; //!< Index of the velocity in a solution vector
+    static constexpr int velocityZIdx = 2; //!< Index of the velocity in a solution vector
+
+    /*!
+     * \brief Index of the velocity in a solution vector given a certain direction.
+     * \param dirIdx The index of the direction.
+     */
+    static constexpr int velocity(int dirIdx)
+    {
+        return dirIdx;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+     * \brief Index of the momentum balance equation given the direction
+     * \param dirIdx The index of the direction.
+     */
+    static constexpr int momentumBalanceIdx(int dirIdx)
+    {
+        return dirIdx;
+    }
+};
+
+} // end namespace Dumux
+
+#endif
diff --git a/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/diamond/indices.hh b/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/diamond/indices.hh
index be85ca5fbe21acac77bfeb98526d73f76655a20c..b1e5f205584999cef793a105cc839e9cc5b4c674 100644
--- a/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/diamond/indices.hh
+++ b/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/diamond/indices.hh
@@ -24,49 +24,14 @@
 #ifndef DUMUX_NAVIERSTOKES_MOMENTUM_DIAMOND_INDICES_HH
 #define DUMUX_NAVIERSTOKES_MOMENTUM_DIAMOND_INDICES_HH
 
-namespace Dumux {
-
-/*!
- * \ingroup NavierStokesModel
- * \brief The common indices for the isothermal Navier-Stokes model.
- *
- * \tparam dimension The dimension of the problem
- */
-template <int dimension>
-struct NavierStokesMomentumDiamondIndices
-{
-    static constexpr int dimXIdx = 0; //!< Index of the x-component of a vector of size dim
-    static constexpr int dimYIdx = 1; //!< Index of the y-component of a vector of size dim
-    static constexpr int dimZIdx = 2; //!< Index of the z-component of a vector of size dim
-
-    static constexpr auto dim = dimension;
-
-    static constexpr int momentumXBalanceIdx = 0; //!< Index of the momentum balance equation
-    static constexpr int momentumYBalanceIdx = 1; //!< Index of the momentum balance equation
-    static constexpr int momentumZBalanceIdx = 2; //!< Index of the momentum balance equation
+#warning "This header is deprecated and will be removed after 3.7"
 
-    static constexpr int velocityXIdx = 0; //!< Index of the velocity in a solution vector
-    static constexpr int velocityYIdx = 1; //!< Index of the velocity in a solution vector
-    static constexpr int velocityZIdx = 2; //!< Index of the velocity in a solution vector
+#include <dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/cvfe/indices.hh>
 
-    /*!
-     * \brief Index of the velocity in a solution vector given a certain direction.
-     * \param dirIdx The index of the direction.
-     */
-    static constexpr int velocity(int dirIdx)
-    {
-        return dirIdx;
-    }
+namespace Dumux {
 
-    /*!
-     * \brief Index of the momentum balance equation given the direction
-     * \param dirIdx The index of the direction.
-     */
-    static constexpr int momentumBalanceIdx(int dirIdx)
-    {
-        return dirIdx;
-    }
-};
+template <int dimension>
+using NavierStokesMomentumDiamondIndices [[deprecated("Use NavierStokesMomentumCVFEIndices")]] = NavierStokesMomentumCVFEIndices<dimension>;
 
 } // end namespace Dumux
 
diff --git a/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/diamond/model.hh b/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/diamond/model.hh
index e4d62806b59741bdde76a449aff3eb30f33d6a18..6f0ed42abc743eca010f3851f270081ea6448ee9 100644
--- a/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/diamond/model.hh
+++ b/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/diamond/model.hh
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@
 
 #include <dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/cvfe/localresidual.hh>
 #include <dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/cvfe/volumevariables.hh>
-
-#include "indices.hh"
+#include <dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/cvfe/indices.hh>
 
 namespace Dumux {
 
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ struct NavierStokesMomentumDiamondModelTraits
     { return TurbulenceModel::none; }
 
     //! the indices
-    using Indices = NavierStokesMomentumDiamondIndices<dim()>;
+    using Indices = NavierStokesMomentumCVFEIndices<dim()>;
 };
 
 /*!
diff --git a/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/pq1bubble/indices.hh b/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/pq1bubble/indices.hh
index ba2d9c4b5213aafdf432a0b1737a11f8b6bb6d3f..31824b7a0e74aa76fd458787ba78668a716986ca 100644
--- a/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/pq1bubble/indices.hh
+++ b/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/pq1bubble/indices.hh
@@ -24,18 +24,15 @@
 #ifndef DUMUX_NAVIERSTOKES_MOMENTUM_PQ1BUBBLE_INDICES_HH
 #define DUMUX_NAVIERSTOKES_MOMENTUM_PQ1BUBBLE_INDICES_HH
 
-#include <dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/diamond/indices.hh>
+
+#warning "This header is deprecated and will be removed after 3.7"
+
+#include <dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/cvfe/indices.hh>
 
 namespace Dumux {
 
-/*!
- * \ingroup NavierStokesModel
- * \brief The common indices for the isothermal Navier-Stokes model.
- *
- * \tparam dimension The dimension of the problem
- */
 template <int dimension>
-using NavierStokesMomentumPQ1BubbleIndices = NavierStokesMomentumDiamondIndices<dimension>;
+using NavierStokesMomentumPQ1BubbleIndices [[deprecated("Use NavierStokesMomentumCVFEIndices")]] = NavierStokesMomentumCVFEIndices<dimension>;
 
 } // end namespace Dumux
 
diff --git a/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/pq1bubble/model.hh b/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/pq1bubble/model.hh
index 1d74c144a5d4aa1718bc3ee2359c9a204217b26d..d5f2bbc080c8c06416a8b0bb1c4334c85018f8d6 100644
--- a/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/pq1bubble/model.hh
+++ b/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/pq1bubble/model.hh
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@
 
 #include <dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/cvfe/localresidual.hh>
 #include <dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/cvfe/volumevariables.hh>
-
-#include "indices.hh"
+#include <dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/momentum/cvfe/indices.hh>
 
 namespace Dumux {
 
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ struct NavierStokesMomentumPQ1BubbleModelTraits
     { return TurbulenceModel::none; }
 
     //! the indices
-    using Indices = NavierStokesMomentumPQ1BubbleIndices<dim()>;
+    using Indices = NavierStokesMomentumCVFEIndices<dim()>;
 };
 
 /*!