diff --git a/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvPatches/constraint/cyclic/cyclicFvPatch.C b/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvPatches/constraint/cyclic/cyclicFvPatch.C
index 0ae9dd1344d465f8f68be2da303f6fd044aee4c5..af4f50d44dc831b1c7b30f68a009b599a3b907ce 100644
--- a/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvPatches/constraint/cyclic/cyclicFvPatch.C
+++ b/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvPatches/constraint/cyclic/cyclicFvPatch.C
@@ -44,13 +44,10 @@ void Foam::cyclicFvPatch::makeWeights(scalarField& w) const
 {
     const cyclicFvPatch& nbrPatch = neighbFvPatch();
 
-    const scalarField& magFa = magSf();
-    const scalarField& nbrMagFa = nbrPatch.magSf();
-
     const scalarField deltas(nf() & fvPatch::delta());
     const scalarField nbrDeltas(nbrPatch.nf() & nbrPatch.fvPatch::delta());
 
-    forAll(magFa, facei)
+    forAll(deltas, facei)
     {
         scalar di = deltas[facei];
         scalar dni = nbrDeltas[facei];