diff --git a/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/modd_field.f90 b/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/modd_field.f90
index 9c592944a0086c336cd700b247dee81a9850b31c..4b870305eccb43a526cd46a41e0bb37c9d7da9df 100644
--- a/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/modd_field.f90
+++ b/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/modd_field.f90
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ TYPE TFIELDPTR_T1D
   TYPE(DATE_TIME), DIMENSION(:), POINTER :: DATA => NULL()
 END TYPE TFIELDPTR_T1D
 !
-type, abstract :: tfield_metadata_base
+type :: tfield_metadata_base
   CHARACTER(LEN=NMNHNAMELGTMAX) :: CMNHNAME  = '' !Name of the field (for MesoNH, non CF convention)
   CHARACTER(LEN=NSTDNAMELGTMAX) :: CSTDNAME  = '' !Standard name (CF convention)
   CHARACTER(LEN=32)  :: CLONGNAME = '' !Long name (CF convention)