diff --git a/src/plugins/streamers/gds2/unit_tests/dbGDS2Writer.cc b/src/plugins/streamers/gds2/unit_tests/dbGDS2Writer.cc
index 6565c2cee..da31800a5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/streamers/gds2/unit_tests/dbGDS2Writer.cc
+++ b/src/plugins/streamers/gds2/unit_tests/dbGDS2Writer.cc
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ TEST(117)
 //  error on duplicate cell name
 TEST(118)
 {
-  db::Manager m (false);
+  db::Manager m;
   db::Layout layout_org (&m);
 
   db::cell_index_type cid1 = layout_org.add_cell ("A");