diff --git a/compact/solenoid.xml b/compact/solenoid.xml
index d8899e6c184b6603df3f8c217dd1adfe6782999d..1a7ddd8ddd540a1f43514dfa96cf2502f8f6cd94 100644
--- a/compact/solenoid.xml
+++ b/compact/solenoid.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
       name="SolenoidCoilBarrel" 
       type="DD4hep_MultiLayerTracker" 
       insideTrackingVolume="false">
-      <position x="0" y="0" z="EcalBarrel_offset"/>
       <layer id="1" 
         inner_r="Solenoid_rmin" 
         outer_z="SolenoidBarrel_zmax"