diff --git a/src/mol-model-props/computed/membrane-orientation/ANVIL.ts b/src/mol-model-props/computed/membrane-orientation/ANVIL.ts
index 23f1d0d8230a6b5032447442c427fcee2a57eab1..f46710b1b9a7c30bea15de9c9511d0a5c9fd88c0 100644
--- a/src/mol-model-props/computed/membrane-orientation/ANVIL.ts
+++ b/src/mol-model-props/computed/membrane-orientation/ANVIL.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ export const ANVILParams = {
     stepSize: PD.Numeric(1, { min: 0.25, max: 4, step: 0.25 }, { description: 'Thickness of membrane slices that will be tested' }),
     minThickness: PD.Numeric(20, { min: 10, max: 30, step: 1}, { description: 'Minimum membrane thickness used during refinement' }),
     maxThickness: PD.Numeric(40, { min: 30, max: 50, step: 1}, { description: 'Maximum membrane thickness used during refinement' }),
-    afilter: PD.Numeric(40, { min: 10, max: 100, step: 1 }, { description: 'Absolute ASA cutoff above which residues will be considered' }),
-    membranePointDensity: PD.Numeric(2, { min: 0.1, max: 10, step: 0.1 }, { description: 'Distance between points representing membrane layer'})
+    afilter: PD.Numeric(40, { min: 10, max: 100, step: 1 }, { description: 'Absolute ASA cutoff above which residues will be considered' })
 };
 export type ANVILParams = typeof ANVILParams
 export type ANVILProps = PD.Values<ANVILParams>
diff --git a/src/mol-model-props/computed/membrane-orientation/anvil/common.ts b/src/mol-model-props/computed/membrane-orientation/anvil/common.ts
index 743c46a4680d2ad58f71246cf0e00cb1422115d3..6803ff00ca34c78d13a23a28c93484c57a681da1 100644
--- a/src/mol-model-props/computed/membrane-orientation/anvil/common.ts
+++ b/src/mol-model-props/computed/membrane-orientation/anvil/common.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ export interface ANVILContext {
     minThickness: number,
     maxThickness: number,
     afilter: number,
-    membranePointDensity: number,
 
     offsets: ArrayLike<number>,
     exposed: ArrayLike<boolean>,