diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/aron/codegeneration/codegenerator/codewriter/cpp/generator/toplevel/IntEnumClass.cpp b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/aron/codegeneration/codegenerator/codewriter/cpp/generator/toplevel/IntEnumClass.cpp
index 6c1f742f5728e5451334d8fb84d8dbbc32e78f26..0cddfd33161dcd0bf5f398fa87f4c0a88ec0a447 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/aron/codegeneration/codegenerator/codewriter/cpp/generator/toplevel/IntEnumClass.cpp
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/aron/codegeneration/codegenerator/codewriter/cpp/generator/toplevel/IntEnumClass.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ namespace armarx::aron::codegenerator::cpp::generator
         // add legacy typedef
         fields.push_back(std::make_shared<CppField>("using", std::string(IMPL_ENUM), simox::alg::to_lower(className) + "_details::Enum", "Legacy typedef of enum"));
 
+        ARMARX_CHECK(type.getAcceptedValueMap().size() > 0);
+
         enum_to_name << "{" << std::endl;
         name_to_enum << "{" << std::endl;
         enum_to_value << "{" << std::endl;
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ namespace armarx::aron::codegenerator::cpp::generator
         fields.push_back(std::make_shared<CppField>("static inline const std::map<" + std::string(IMPL_ENUM) + ", int>", "EnumToValueMap", enum_to_value.str(), "Mapping enum values to a int value"));
         fields.push_back(std::make_shared<CppField>("static inline const std::map<int, " + std::string(IMPL_ENUM) + ">", "ValueToEnumMap", value_to_enum.str(), "Mapping int values to a enum"));
 
-        fields.push_back(std::make_shared<CppField>(std::string(IMPL_ENUM), "value", "", "The current value of the enum object"));
+        fields.push_back(std::make_shared<CppField>(std::string(IMPL_ENUM), "value", type.getAcceptedValueNames()[0], "The current value of the enum object"));
 
         return fields;
     }
@@ -162,12 +164,6 @@ namespace armarx::aron::codegenerator::cpp::generator
         return c;
     }*/
 
-    std::pair<std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>>, bool> IntEnumClass::getCtorInitializers(const std::string&) const
-    {
-        ARMARX_CHECK(type.getAcceptedValueNames().size() > 0);
-        return {{{"value", type.getAcceptedValueNames()[0]}}, true};
-    }
-
     CppCtorPtr IntEnumClass::toEnumCtor(const std::string& name) const
     {
         CppCtorPtr c = std::make_shared<CppCtor>(name + "(const " + std::string(IMPL_ENUM) + " e)");
diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/aron/codegeneration/codegenerator/codewriter/cpp/generator/toplevel/IntEnumClass.h b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/aron/codegeneration/codegenerator/codewriter/cpp/generator/toplevel/IntEnumClass.h
index cbd21cb2689f0c17a9061600644de3a9fd5f21cf..fb5e22671ba678ea69072e7b97fee54dbdd395e9 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/aron/codegeneration/codegenerator/codewriter/cpp/generator/toplevel/IntEnumClass.h
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/aron/codegeneration/codegenerator/codewriter/cpp/generator/toplevel/IntEnumClass.h
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ namespace armarx::aron::codegenerator::cpp::generator
         // virtual implementations
         std::vector<CppFieldPtr> getPublicVariableDeclarations(const std::string&) const final;
 
-        std::pair<std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>>, bool> getCtorInitializers(const std::string&) const final;
-
         CppBlockPtr getResetHardBlock(const std::string& cppAccessor) const final;
         CppBlockPtr getResetSoftBlock(const std::string& cppAccessor) const final;
         CppBlockPtr getWriteTypeBlock(const std::string& typeAccessor, const std::string& cppAccessor, const Path&, std::string& variantAccessor) const final;