diff --git a/src/Particle/ParticleContainer.H b/src/Particle/ParticleContainer.H
index 5dfcdc36..76e23a80 100644
--- a/src/Particle/ParticleContainer.H
+++ b/src/Particle/ParticleContainer.H
@@ -380,13 +380,17 @@ void make_ParticleContainer_and_Iterators (py::module &m, std::string allocstr)
         // }
     ;
 
+    py_pc
+        .def("InitRandom", py::overload_cast<Long, ULong, const ParticleInitData&, bool, RealBox>(&ParticleContainerType::InitRandom))
+    ;
+
     // TODO for pure SoA
     // depends on https://github.com/AMReX-Codes/amrex/pull/3280
     if constexpr (!T_ParticleType::is_soa_particle) {
         py_pc
-            .def("InitRandom", py::overload_cast<Long, ULong, const ParticleInitData&, bool, RealBox>(&ParticleContainerType::InitRandom)) // TODO pure SoA
-            .def("InitRandomPerBox", py::overload_cast<Long, ULong, const ParticleInitData&>(&ParticleContainerType::InitRandomPerBox)) // TODO pure SoA
-            .def("InitOnePerCell", &ParticleContainerType::InitOnePerCell);
+            .def("InitRandomPerBox", py::overload_cast<Long, ULong, const ParticleInitData&>(&ParticleContainerType::InitRandomPerBox))
+            .def("InitOnePerCell", &ParticleContainerType::InitOnePerCell)
+        ;
     }
 
     using iterator = amrex::ParIter_impl<ParticleType, T_NArrayReal, T_NArrayInt, Allocator>;
@@ -408,10 +412,7 @@ void make_ParticleContainer_and_Iterators (py::module &m, std::string allocstr)
 template <typename T_ParticleType, int T_NArrayReal=0, int T_NArrayInt=0>
 void make_ParticleContainer_and_Iterators (py::module &m)
 {
-    // TODO for pure SoA
-    // depends on https://github.com/AMReX-Codes/amrex/pull/3280
-    if constexpr (!T_ParticleType::is_soa_particle)
-        make_ParticleInitData<T_ParticleType, T_NArrayReal, T_NArrayInt>(m);
+    make_ParticleInitData<T_ParticleType, T_NArrayReal, T_NArrayInt>(m);
 
     // first, because used as copy target in methods in containers with other allocators
     make_ParticleContainer_and_Iterators<T_ParticleType, T_NArrayReal, T_NArrayInt,
diff --git a/src/Particle/ParticleContainer_ImpactX.cpp b/src/Particle/ParticleContainer_ImpactX.cpp
index 43862b10..0b48bcf5 100644
--- a/src/Particle/ParticleContainer_ImpactX.cpp
+++ b/src/Particle/ParticleContainer_ImpactX.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,5 @@ void init_ParticleContainer_ImpactX(py::module& m) {
 
     // TODO: we might need to move all or most of the defines in here into a
     //       test/example submodule, so they do not collide with downstream projects
-    make_ParticleContainer_and_Iterators<Particle<0, 0>, 5, 0>(m);     // ImpactX 22.07 - 24.02
     make_ParticleContainer_and_Iterators<SoAParticle<8, 0>, 8, 0>(m);  // ImpactX 24.03+
 }
diff --git a/src/Particle/ParticleContainer_WarpX.cpp b/src/Particle/ParticleContainer_WarpX.cpp
index 36f75e45..b2c7bd3d 100644
--- a/src/Particle/ParticleContainer_WarpX.cpp
+++ b/src/Particle/ParticleContainer_WarpX.cpp
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ void init_ParticleContainer_WarpX(py::module& m) {
 
     // TODO: we might need to move all or most of the defines in here into a
     //       test/example submodule, so they do not collide with downstream projects
-    make_ParticleContainer_and_Iterators<Particle<0, 0>, 4, 0>(m);   // WarpX 22.07 - 24.02 1D-3D
-    //make_ParticleContainer_and_Iterators<Particle<0, 0>, 5, 0> (m);   // WarpX 22.07 - 24.02 RZ
-
 #if AMREX_SPACEDIM == 1
     make_ParticleContainer_and_Iterators<SoAParticle<5, 0>, 5, 0>(m);  // WarpX 24.03+ 1D
 #elif AMREX_SPACEDIM == 2
diff --git a/tests/test_particleContainer.py b/tests/test_particleContainer.py
index 1b974ebc..3742a7ce 100644
--- a/tests/test_particleContainer.py
+++ b/tests/test_particleContainer.py
@@ -300,19 +300,19 @@ class Config:
     # pc = sim.get_particles()
     # Config = sim.extension.Config
 
-    # iterate over every mesh-refinement levels (no MR: lev=0)
+    # iterate over mesh-refinement level (no MR: lev=0)
     for lvl in range(pc.finest_level + 1):
         # get every local chunk of particles
         for pti in pc.iterator(pc, level=lvl):
-            # additional compile-time and runtime attributes in SoA format
+            # compile-time and runtime attributes in SoA format
             soa = pti.soa().to_cupy() if Config.have_gpu else pti.soa().to_numpy()
 
             # notes:
             # Only the next lines are the "HOT LOOP" of the computation.
-            # For efficiency, use numpy array operation for speed.
+            # For speed, use array operations.
 
             # write to all particles in the chunk
-            # note: careful, if you change particle positions, you need to
+            # note: careful, if you change particle positions, you might need to
             #       redistribute particles before continuing the simulation step
             print(soa.real)
             soa.real[0][()] = 0.30  # x
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ class Config:
     # pc = sim.get_particles()
     # Config = sim.extension.Config
 
-    # iterate over every mesh-refinement levels (no MR: lev=0)
+    # iterate over mesh-refinement level (no MR: lev=0)
     for lvl in range(pc.finest_level + 1):
         # get every local chunk of particles
         for pti in pc.iterator(pc, level=lvl):