diff --git a/test/geomechanics/elastic/grids/test_elastic.dgf b/test/geomechanics/elastic/grids/test_elastic.dgf
deleted file mode 100644
index ca6448bb2b2f7c5b047818631fd66f5a8e38d20f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/geomechanics/elastic/grids/test_elastic.dgf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-DGF
-Interval
-0 0 0  % first corner 
-10 1 10  % second corner
-10 10 10  % cells in x, y, z direction
-# 
-
-BOUNDARYDOMAIN
-default 1    % all boundaries have id 1
-#BOUNDARYDOMAIN
-# unitcube.dgf 
diff --git a/test/geomechanics/elastic/test_elastic.input b/test/geomechanics/elastic/test_elastic.input
index 37d6ae168f60433d6efe4d4c48feecc00bfbf86b..1090dd16e742cb318289a045e642b1a9c1d7d839 100644
--- a/test/geomechanics/elastic/test_elastic.input
+++ b/test/geomechanics/elastic/test_elastic.input
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ TEnd = 1 # [s]
 EnableGravity = 0
 
 [Grid]
-File = grids/test_elastic.dgf
-
+UpperRight = 10 1 10
+Cells = 10 10 10