diff --git a/compact/tracking/cable_services.xml b/compact/tracking/cable_services.xml
index 9cd66f32f..401dd4782 100644
--- a/compact/tracking/cable_services.xml
+++ b/compact/tracking/cable_services.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,24 @@
 <!-- Copyright (C) 2022 Wouter Deconinck, Whitney Armstrong -->
 
 <lccdd>
-  <includes>
-    <gdmlFile ref="meshes/FullCableSpaceEstimate.xml"/>
-  </includes>
+  <materials>
+    <material name="0.000000_0.000000_1.000000_0.000000_0.000000">
+      <D value="7.85" unit="g/cm3"/>
+      <fraction n="1" ref="Fe"/>
+    </material>
+    <material name="1.000000_0.000000_0.000000_0.000000_0.000000">
+      <D value="7.85" unit="g/cm3"/>
+      <fraction n="1" ref="Fe"/>
+    </material>
+    <material name="1.000000_0.501961_0.000000_0.000000_0.000000">
+      <D value="7.85" unit="g/cm3"/>
+      <fraction n="1" ref="Fe"/>
+    </material>
+    <material name="1.000000_0.501961_0.250980_0.000000_0.000000">
+      <D value="7.85" unit="g/cm3"/>
+      <fraction n="1" ref="Fe"/>
+    </material>
+  </materials>
 
   <detectors>
     <detector name="Services" type="DD4hep_TestShape_Creator">
diff --git a/compact/tracking/get_meshes.xml b/compact/tracking/get_meshes.xml
index 53aa27121..010b7d875 100644
--- a/compact/tracking/get_meshes.xml
+++ b/compact/tracking/get_meshes.xml
@@ -9,11 +9,4 @@
       <arg value="url:https://github.com/eic/epic-data/raw/meshes/meshes/tracking/FullCableSpaceEstimate.obj"/>
     </plugin>
   </plugins>
-  <plugins>
-    <plugin name="epic_FileLoader">
-      <arg value="cache:$DETECTOR_PATH:/opt/detector"/>
-      <arg value="file:meshes/FullCableSpaceEstimate.xml"/>
-      <arg value="url:https://github.com/eic/epic-data/raw/meshes/meshes/tracking/FullCableSpaceEstimate.xml"/>
-    </plugin>
-  </plugins>
 </lccdd>