diff --git a/src/coreComponents/constitutive/ConstitutiveManager.cpp b/src/coreComponents/constitutive/ConstitutiveManager.cpp
index 913f0898971..92a3fe1561a 100644
--- a/src/coreComponents/constitutive/ConstitutiveManager.cpp
+++ b/src/coreComponents/constitutive/ConstitutiveManager.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ ConstitutiveManager::hangConstitutiveRelation( string const & constitutiveRelati
 
   material->allocateConstitutiveData( *parent,
                                       numConstitutivePointsPerParentIndex );
+  GEOS_LOG_RANK_0( GEOS_FMT( "  {}/{} allocated",
+                             constitutiveGroup->getName(),
+                             constitutiveRelation.getName(),
+                             numConstitutivePointsPerParentIndex ) );
 
   ConstitutiveBase &
   materialGroup = constitutiveGroup->registerGroup< ConstitutiveBase >( constitutiveRelationInstanceName, std::move( material ) );
@@ -96,25 +100,7 @@ ConstitutiveManager::hangConstitutiveRelation( string const & constitutiveRelati
   std::vector< string > const subRelationNames = constitutiveRelation.getSubRelationNames();
   for( string const & subRelationName : subRelationNames )
   {
-    // we only want to register the subRelation if it has not been registered yet.
-    GEOS_ERROR_IF( constitutiveGroup->hasGroup( subRelationName ),
-                   GEOS_FMT( "Error! The constitutive relation {} has already been registered on the subRegion {}. "
-                             "Make sure that the same constitutive model is not listed as a material on a"
-                             " region both as a stand-alone one and as part of a compound constitutive model.",
-                             subRelationName, parent->getDataContext().toString() ) );
-
-    ConstitutiveBase const & subRelation = getConstitutiveRelation( subRelationName );
-
-    std::unique_ptr< ConstitutiveBase > constitutiveModel = subRelation.deliverClone( subRelationName, parent );
-
-    constitutiveModel->allocateConstitutiveData( *parent,
-                                                 numConstitutivePointsPerParentIndex );
-
-
-    ConstitutiveBase &
-    group = constitutiveGroup->registerGroup< ConstitutiveBase >( subRelationName, std::move( constitutiveModel ) );
-    group.setSizedFromParent( 1 );
-    group.resize( constitutiveGroup->size() );
+    hangConstitutiveRelation( subRelationName, parent, numConstitutivePointsPerParentIndex );
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/coreComponents/constitutive/ConstitutiveManager.hpp b/src/coreComponents/constitutive/ConstitutiveManager.hpp
index 1ef7f194314..2e3d7cec562 100644
--- a/src/coreComponents/constitutive/ConstitutiveManager.hpp
+++ b/src/coreComponents/constitutive/ConstitutiveManager.hpp
@@ -72,17 +72,11 @@ class ConstitutiveManager : public dataRepository::Group
     return this->getGroup< T >( key );
   }
 
-  // template< typename T >
-  // ViewAccessor< T >
-  // GetConstitutiveData( string const & name,
-  //                      dataRepository::Group * const relationGroup );
-
   template< typename T >
   ViewAccessor< T >
   getConstitutiveData( string const & name,
                        dataRepository::Group const * const relationGroup ) const;
 
-
   struct groupKeyStruct
   {
     static constexpr auto constitutiveModelsString() { return "ConstitutiveModels"; }
@@ -110,15 +104,6 @@ ConstitutiveManager::getConstitutiveData( string const & name,
   return rval;
 }
 
-// template< typename T >
-// ViewAccessor< T >
-// ConstitutiveManager::GetConstitutiveData( string const & name,
-//                                           dataRepository::Group * const relationGroup )
-// {
-//   return const_cast< ViewAccessor<T> >(const_cast<ConstitutiveManager const *>(this->
-//                                        GetConstitutiveData<T>( name, relationGroup ) );
-// }
-
 }
 } /* namespace geos */
 
diff --git a/src/coreComponents/mainInterface/ProblemManager.cpp b/src/coreComponents/mainInterface/ProblemManager.cpp
index 890f550c752..081a9942104 100644
--- a/src/coreComponents/mainInterface/ProblemManager.cpp
+++ b/src/coreComponents/mainInterface/ProblemManager.cpp
@@ -1040,10 +1040,9 @@ void ProblemManager::setRegionQuadrature( Group & meshBodies,
     string const regionName = std::get< 2 >( key );
     string const subRegionName = std::get< 3 >( key );
 
-    GEOS_LOG_RANK_0( "regionQuadrature: meshBodyName, meshLevelName, regionName, subRegionName = "<<
-                     meshBodyName<<", "<<meshLevelName<<", "<<regionName<<", "<<subRegionName );
-
-
+    GEOS_LOG_RANK_0( GEOS_FMT( "meshBodyName/meshLevelName/regionName/subRegionName = {}/{}/{}/{}, {} quadrature {}",
+                               meshBodyName, meshLevelName, regionName, subRegionName, numQuadraturePoints,
+                               numQuadraturePoints == 1 ? "point" : "points" ) );
 
     MeshBody & meshBody = meshBodies.getGroup< MeshBody >( meshBodyName );
     MeshLevel & meshLevel = meshBody.getMeshLevel( meshLevelName );
@@ -1058,13 +1057,6 @@ void ProblemManager::setRegionQuadrature( Group & meshBodies,
       for( auto & materialName : materialList )
       {
         constitutiveManager.hangConstitutiveRelation( materialName, &particleSubRegion, numQuadraturePoints );
-        GEOS_LOG_RANK_0( GEOS_FMT( "{}/{}/{}/{}/{} allocated {} quadrature points",
-                                   meshBodyName,
-                                   meshLevelName,
-                                   regionName,
-                                   subRegionName,
-                                   materialName,
-                                   numQuadraturePoints ) );
       }
     }
 //    if( meshLevel.isShallowCopy() )
@@ -1078,13 +1070,6 @@ void ProblemManager::setRegionQuadrature( Group & meshBodies,
       for( auto & materialName : materialList )
       {
         constitutiveManager.hangConstitutiveRelation( materialName, &elemSubRegion, numQuadraturePoints );
-        GEOS_LOG_RANK_0( GEOS_FMT( "{}/{}/{}/{}/{} allocated {} quadrature points",
-                                   meshBodyName,
-                                   meshLevelName,
-                                   regionName,
-                                   subRegionName,
-                                   materialName,
-                                   numQuadraturePoints ) );
       }
     }
   }