diff --git a/dumux/discretization/CMakeLists.txt b/dumux/discretization/CMakeLists.txt
index b1a9c0506d054d2a397425202257ef24225f4463..1fd9c81445e12a78b76930736f83d369c28113b1 100644
--- a/dumux/discretization/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dumux/discretization/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,5 +21,4 @@ stationaryvelocityfield.hh
 subcontrolvolumebase.hh
 subcontrolvolumefacebase.hh
 upwindscheme.hh
-volumevariables.hh
 DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/dumux/discretization)
diff --git a/dumux/discretization/volumevariables.hh b/dumux/discretization/volumevariables.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index b6e5056a1f7c84303e7c6b455d26ceb62e4dc110..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/dumux/discretization/volumevariables.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-// -*- mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
-// vi: set et ts=4 sw=4 sts=4:
-/*****************************************************************************
- *   See the file COPYING for full copying permissions.                      *
- *                                                                           *
- *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify    *
- *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by    *
- *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or       *
- *   (at your option) any later version.                                     *
- *                                                                           *
- *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,         *
- *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of          *
- *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the            *
- *   GNU General Public License for more details.                            *
- *                                                                           *
- *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License       *
- *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.   *
- *****************************************************************************/
-/*!
- * \file
- * \ingroup PorousMediumFlow
- * \brief Base class for the model specific class which provides
- *        access to all volume averaged quantities.
- */
-#ifndef DUMUX_DISCRETIZATION_VOLUME_VARIABLES_DEPR_HH
-#define DUMUX_DISCRETIZATION_VOLUME_VARIABLES_DEPR_HH
-
-#warning "This header is deprecated. Use PorousMediumFlowVolumeVariables from dumux/porousmediumflow/volumevariables.hh"
-#include <dune/common/deprecated.hh>
-#include <dumux/porousmediumflow/volumevariables.hh>
-
-namespace Dumux
-{
-
-template<class TypeTag>
-using ImplicitVolumeVariables DUNE_DEPRECATED_MSG("Use PorousMediumFlowVolumeVariables from dumux/porousmediumflow/volumevariables.hh")
-= PorousMediumFlowVolumeVariables<TypeTag>;
-
-} // end namespace Dumux
-
-#endif