diff --git a/src/sixDoFRigidBodyMotion/sixDoFRigidBodyMotionSolver/sixDoFRigidBodyMotionSolver.C b/src/sixDoFRigidBodyMotion/sixDoFRigidBodyMotionSolver/sixDoFRigidBodyMotionSolver.C
index 7b46b37bb0..a4325a888f 100644
--- a/src/sixDoFRigidBodyMotion/sixDoFRigidBodyMotionSolver/sixDoFRigidBodyMotionSolver.C
+++ b/src/sixDoFRigidBodyMotion/sixDoFRigidBodyMotionSolver/sixDoFRigidBodyMotionSolver.C
@@ -259,13 +259,7 @@ void Foam::sixDoFRigidBodyMotionSolver::solve()
 }
 
 
-bool Foam::sixDoFRigidBodyMotionSolver::writeObject
-(
-    IOstream::streamFormat fmt,
-    IOstream::versionNumber ver,
-    IOstream::compressionType cmp,
-    const bool write
-) const
+bool Foam::sixDoFRigidBodyMotionSolver::write() const
 {
     IOdictionary dict
     (
diff --git a/src/sixDoFRigidBodyMotion/sixDoFRigidBodyMotionSolver/sixDoFRigidBodyMotionSolver.H b/src/sixDoFRigidBodyMotion/sixDoFRigidBodyMotionSolver/sixDoFRigidBodyMotionSolver.H
index 64b9a9c6ee..2b6a5b1847 100644
--- a/src/sixDoFRigidBodyMotion/sixDoFRigidBodyMotionSolver/sixDoFRigidBodyMotionSolver.H
+++ b/src/sixDoFRigidBodyMotion/sixDoFRigidBodyMotionSolver/sixDoFRigidBodyMotionSolver.H
@@ -133,14 +133,8 @@ public:
         //- Solve for motion
         virtual void solve();
 
-        //- Write state using given format, version and compression
-        virtual bool writeObject
-        (
-            IOstream::streamFormat fmt,
-            IOstream::versionNumber ver,
-            IOstream::compressionType cmp,
-            const bool write = true
-        ) const;
+        //- Write motion state information for restart
+        virtual bool write() const;
 };