diff --git a/dumux/flux/maxwellstefandiffusioncoefficients.hh b/dumux/flux/maxwellstefandiffusioncoefficients.hh
index e137c68c8871699e215dbb1e7577aae71956c353..8e7ffe4b090756321f6fe275d1c2f43031d1ea6a 100644
--- a/dumux/flux/maxwellstefandiffusioncoefficients.hh
+++ b/dumux/flux/maxwellstefandiffusioncoefficients.hh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #ifndef DUMUX_DISCRETIZATION_MAXWELLSTEFAN_DIFFUSION_COEFFICIENTS_HH
 #define DUMUX_DISCRETIZATION_MAXWELLSTEFAN_DIFFUSION_COEFFICIENTS_HH
 
-#include <dune/common/exceptions.hh>
+#include <cassert>
 
 namespace Dumux {