diff --git a/examples/p4est_2d_dgsem/elixir_euler_subsonic_cylinder.jl b/examples/p4est_2d_dgsem/elixir_euler_subsonic_cylinder.jl
index 92c188b022e..3a340555dbe 100644
--- a/examples/p4est_2d_dgsem/elixir_euler_subsonic_cylinder.jl
+++ b/examples/p4est_2d_dgsem/elixir_euler_subsonic_cylinder.jl
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ volume_flux = flux_ranocha_turbo # FluxRotated(flux_chandrashekar) can also be u
 surface_flux = flux_lax_friedrichs
 
 polydeg = 3
-basis = LobattoLegendreBasis(polydeg)
 solver = DGSEM(polydeg = polydeg, surface_flux = surface_flux,
                volume_integral = VolumeIntegralFluxDifferencing(volume_flux))
 
diff --git a/examples/p4est_2d_dgsem/elixir_navierstokes_NACA0012airfoil_mach08.jl b/examples/p4est_2d_dgsem/elixir_navierstokes_NACA0012airfoil_mach08.jl
index d101f6c1a98..aeb311fbf6b 100644
--- a/examples/p4est_2d_dgsem/elixir_navierstokes_NACA0012airfoil_mach08.jl
+++ b/examples/p4est_2d_dgsem/elixir_navierstokes_NACA0012airfoil_mach08.jl
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ initial_condition = initial_condition_mach08_flow
 surface_flux = flux_lax_friedrichs
 
 polydeg = 3
-basis = LobattoLegendreBasis(polydeg)
 solver = DGSEM(polydeg = polydeg, surface_flux = surface_flux)
 
 mesh_file = Trixi.download("https://gist.githubusercontent.com/Arpit-Babbar/339662b4b46164a016e35c81c66383bb/raw/8bf94f5b426ba907ace87405cfcc1dcc2ef7cbda/NACA0012.inp",