diff --git a/dumux/io/vtkoutputmodule.hh b/dumux/io/vtkoutputmodule.hh
index 97b94f2be33f232b1158e3c390f5a9eaad1d4cd4..65f045d5adca4856bf75c0ffafbcd1fc33bd38c0 100644
--- a/dumux/io/vtkoutputmodule.hh
+++ b/dumux/io/vtkoutputmodule.hh
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ class VtkOutputModule
     using Scalar = typename GridVariables::Scalar;
 
     using GridView = typename FVGridGeometry::GridView;
-    using ElementMapper = typename FVGridGeometry::ElementMapper;
-    using VertexMapper = typename FVGridGeometry::VertexMapper;
 
     enum {
         dim = GridView::dimension,
@@ -581,18 +579,6 @@ private:
     //! return the number of dofs
     std::size_t numDofs_() const { return gridGeom_.gridView().size(dofCodim); }
 
-     /*!
-     * \brief Helper function to retrieve privar data from the solution vector
-     *        May be specialized.
-     *
-     * \param dofIdxGlobal The global dof index
-     * \param pvIdx The index of the primary variable
-     */
-    auto getPriVarData_(const std::size_t dofIdxGlobal, const std::size_t pvIdx)
-    {
-        return sol_[dofIdxGlobal][pvIdx];
-    }
-
     const Problem& problem_;
     const FVGridGeometry& gridGeom_;
     const GridVariables& gridVariables_;