diff --git a/include/materials/ComputeMultipleInelasticDamageStress.h b/include/materials/ComputeMultipleInelasticDamageStress.h
index 2682ca54..00e2e88e 100644
--- a/include/materials/ComputeMultipleInelasticDamageStress.h
+++ b/include/materials/ComputeMultipleInelasticDamageStress.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class ComputeMultipleInelasticDamageStress : public ComputeMultipleInelasticStre
   /// damage parameter for DamagePlasticityStressUpdate model
   const MaterialProperty<Real> & _D;
   const MaterialProperty<Real> & _D_old;
-  const MaterialProperty<Real> & _D_older;
+
 
   virtual void computeQpJacobianMult() override;
 
diff --git a/include/materials/DamagePlasticityStressUpdate.h b/include/materials/DamagePlasticityStressUpdate.h
index 51b958a9..e10639be 100644
--- a/include/materials/DamagePlasticityStressUpdate.h
+++ b/include/materials/DamagePlasticityStressUpdate.h
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ class DamagePlasticityStressUpdate : public MultiParameterPlasticityStressUpdate
   /// Eigenvectors of the trial stress as a RankTwoTensor, in order to rotate the returned stress back to stress space
   RankTwoTensor _eigvecs;
 
-  MaterialProperty<Real> & _max_principal;
-  MaterialProperty<Real> & _min_principal;
+
   MaterialProperty<Real> & _intnl0;
   MaterialProperty<Real> & _intnl1;
   MaterialProperty<Real> & _ele_len;
diff --git a/src/materials/ComputeMultipleInelasticDamageStress.C b/src/materials/ComputeMultipleInelasticDamageStress.C
index 4bfaf7e3..8168763b 100644
--- a/src/materials/ComputeMultipleInelasticDamageStress.C
+++ b/src/materials/ComputeMultipleInelasticDamageStress.C
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ ComputeMultipleInelasticDamageStress::validParams()
 {
   InputParameters params = ComputeMultipleInelasticStress::validParams();
   params.addClassDescription("This ComputeMultipleInelasticStress is to be used with "
-                             "DamagePlasticityStressUpdate") return params;
+                             "DamagePlasticityStressUpdate"); 
+  return params;
 }
 
 ComputeMultipleInelasticDamageStress::ComputeMultipleInelasticDamageStress(
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ ComputeMultipleInelasticDamageStress::computeAdmissibleState(
                                      inelastic_strain_increment,
                                      _rotation_increment[_qp],
                                      _stress[_qp],
-                                     _stress_old[_qp] / (1.0 - _D_older[_qp]),
+                                     _stress_old[_qp] / (1.0 - _D_old[_qp]),
                                      // _stress_old[_qp] / (1.0 - _D[_qp]),
                                      _elasticity_tensor[_qp],
                                      _elastic_strain_old[_qp],
diff --git a/src/materials/DamagePlasticityStressUpdate.C b/src/materials/DamagePlasticityStressUpdate.C
index efa24983..a4797fd0 100644
--- a/src/materials/DamagePlasticityStressUpdate.C
+++ b/src/materials/DamagePlasticityStressUpdate.C
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ DamagePlasticityStressUpdate::DamagePlasticityStressUpdate(const InputParameters
     _ft0(0.5 * _ft /
          ((1. - _Dt) * std::pow((_zt - _sqrtPhit_max / _at), (1. - _dt_bt)) * _sqrtPhit_max)),
     _fc0(_fc / ((1. - _Dc) * std::pow((_zc - _sqrtPhic_max / _ac), (1. - _dc_bc)) * _sqrtPhic_max)),
-    _small_smoother2(Utility::pow(getParam<Real>("tip_smoother"), 2)),
+    _small_smoother2(Utility::pow<2>(getParam<Real>("tip_smoother"))),
+ 
 
     _sqrt3(std::sqrt(3.)),
     _perfect_guess(getParam<bool>("perfect_guess")),