diff --git a/src/soca/AnalyticInit/AnalyticInit.cc b/src/soca/AnalyticInit/AnalyticInit.cc
index 56beb04b..a12b2123 100644
--- a/src/soca/AnalyticInit/AnalyticInit.cc
+++ b/src/soca/AnalyticInit/AnalyticInit.cc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 namespace soca {
 
-  static oops::AnalyticInitMaker<ufo::ObsTraits, AnalyticInit>
+  static ufo::AnalyticInitMaker<AnalyticInit>
     makerAnalyticInit_("soca_ana_init");
 
   void AnalyticInit::fillGeoVaLs(const ufo::SampledLocations & locs,
diff --git a/src/soca/AnalyticInit/AnalyticInit.h b/src/soca/AnalyticInit/AnalyticInit.h
index 7ee10a75..9279e2ef 100644
--- a/src/soca/AnalyticInit/AnalyticInit.h
+++ b/src/soca/AnalyticInit/AnalyticInit.h
@@ -10,14 +10,12 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
-#include "oops/interface/AnalyticInitBase.h"
-
-#include "ufo/ObsTraits.h"
+#include "ufo/AnalyticInitBase.h"
 
 namespace soca {
 
   class AnalyticInit :
-    public oops::interface::AnalyticInitBase<ufo::ObsTraits> {
+    public ufo::AnalyticInitBase {
    public:
     explicit AnalyticInit(const eckit::Configuration &) {}
     void fillGeoVaLs(const ufo::SampledLocations &, ufo::GeoVaLs &) const override;