diff --git a/changelog-entries/232.md b/changelog-entries/232.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..232f4a92c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog-entries/232.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Removed unnecessary read statment in `elastic-tube-1d` [#232](https://github.com/precice/tutorials/pull/232).
diff --git a/elastic-tube-1d/fluid-cpp/src/FluidSolver.cpp b/elastic-tube-1d/fluid-cpp/src/FluidSolver.cpp
index 5010c2cf7..88c99d551 100644
--- a/elastic-tube-1d/fluid-cpp/src/FluidSolver.cpp
+++ b/elastic-tube-1d/fluid-cpp/src/FluidSolver.cpp
@@ -101,10 +101,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
       interface.markActionFulfilled(actionWriteIterationCheckpoint());
     }
     
-    if (interface.isReadDataAvailable()) {
-      interface.readBlockScalarData(crossSectionLengthID, chunkLength, vertexIDs.data(), crossSectionLength.data());
-    }
-
     fluidComputeSolutionSerial(
         // values from last time window
         velocity_old.data(), pressure_old.data(), crossSectionLength_old.data(),