diff --git a/src/FESpaces/FEOperators.jl b/src/FESpaces/FEOperators.jl
index 351fbf8a8..a946581c4 100644
--- a/src/FESpaces/FEOperators.jl
+++ b/src/FESpaces/FEOperators.jl
@@ -255,6 +255,12 @@ function solve!(uh::FEFunctionLike,s::LinearFESolver,o::LinearFEOperator,ns::Num
   solve!(x,ns,A,b)
 end
 
+function solve(op::LinearFEOperator)
+  ls = LUSolver()
+  solver = LinearFESolver(ls)
+  solve(solver,op)
+end
+
 """
 Struct representing a nonlinear FE Operator
 """
diff --git a/test/FESpacesTests/VectorValuedFEOperatorsTests.jl b/test/FESpacesTests/VectorValuedFEOperatorsTests.jl
index 5002f4d14..906211235 100644
--- a/test/FESpacesTests/VectorValuedFEOperatorsTests.jl
+++ b/test/FESpacesTests/VectorValuedFEOperatorsTests.jl
@@ -112,18 +112,11 @@ a_elast(v,u) = inner( ε(v), σ(ε(u)) )
 b(v) = inner(v,bfield)
 t_Ω = AffineFETerm(a_elast,b,trian,quad)
 
-# Define Assembler
-assem = SparseMatrixAssembler(V,U)
-
 # Define the FEOperator
-op = LinearFEOperator(V,U,assem,t_Ω)
-
-# Define the FESolver
-ls = LUSolver()
-solver = LinearFESolver(ls)
+op = LinearFEOperator(V,U,t_Ω)
 
 # Solve!
-uh = solve(solver,op)
+uh = solve(op)
 
 # Define exact solution and error
 u = CellField(trian,ufun)