diff --git a/AsterX/src/utils.hxx b/AsterX/src/utils.hxx
index 7a4e8e89..1760246b 100644
--- a/AsterX/src/utils.hxx
+++ b/AsterX/src/utils.hxx
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ CCTK_DEVICE CCTK_HOST CCTK_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE inline T
 calc_contraction(const smat<T, D> &g, const vec<T, D> &v1,
                  const vec<T, D> &v2) {
   // return calc_contraction(v2, calc_contraction(g, v1));
-  return sum_symm<D>([&](int i, int j)
-                         ARITH_INLINE { return g(i, j) * v1(i) * v2(j); });
+  return sum<D>([&](int i, int j)
+                    ARITH_INLINE { return g(i, j) * v1(i) * v2(j); });
 }
 
 // Contraction for rc case: consider both sides of the face