diff --git a/dumux/common/start.hh b/dumux/common/start.hh
index 4f8e6c02bef3735ba4bfb1eb4d0ba95e13f07e75..4be8536661beee8db3428895ea676da579a38db0 100644
--- a/dumux/common/start.hh
+++ b/dumux/common/start.hh
@@ -33,11 +33,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 
 #include <dune/common/version.hh>
-
-#if DUNE_VERSION_NEWER_REV(DUNE_COMMON, 2, 1, 0)
 #include <dune/common/parametertreeparser.hh>
-#endif // DUNE_VERSION_NEWER_REV(DUNE_COMMON, 2, 1, 0)
-
 
 namespace Dumux
 {
@@ -242,9 +238,6 @@ int startWithGrid(const typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(Grid)) &grid,
     return 3;
 }
 
-#if DUNE_VERSION_NEWER_REV(DUNE_COMMON, 2, 1, 0)
-// requires DUNE 2.1 and above
-
 /*!
  * \ingroup Start
  * \brief Provides a default main function for simulations requiring
@@ -351,7 +344,6 @@ int startFromInputFile(int argc, char **argv)
 
    return 3;
 }
-#endif // DUNE_VERSION_NEWER_REV(DUNE_COMMON, 2, 1, 0)
 
 }
 
diff --git a/dumux/io/vtkmultiwriter.hh b/dumux/io/vtkmultiwriter.hh
index 9b9ef4b22d1b0ca79c59d75638bab0ef5751db24..c278a1fe1dd54585ae774d352646307fbf1e44b9 100644
--- a/dumux/io/vtkmultiwriter.hh
+++ b/dumux/io/vtkmultiwriter.hh
@@ -59,24 +59,8 @@ class VtkMultiWriter
     typedef typename GridView::Grid Grid;
     enum { dim = GridView::dimension };
 
-#if DUNE_VERSION_NEWER_REV(DUNE_GRID, 2, 1, 0)
-    // DUNE 2.1 and above
     typedef Dune::MultipleCodimMultipleGeomTypeMapper<GridView, Dune::MCMGVertexLayout> VertexMapper;
     typedef Dune::MultipleCodimMultipleGeomTypeMapper<GridView, Dune::MCMGElementLayout> ElementMapper;
-#else
-    // DUNE 2.0 and below
-    template<int dim>
-    struct VertexLayout {
-        bool contains (Dune::GeometryType gt) const
-        { return gt.dim() == 0; } };
-    template<int dim>
-    struct ElementLayout {
-        bool contains (Dune::GeometryType gt) const
-        { return gt.dim() == dim; } };
-
-    typedef Dune::MultipleCodimMultipleGeomTypeMapper<GridView, VertexLayout> VertexMapper;
-    typedef Dune::MultipleCodimMultipleGeomTypeMapper<GridView, ElementLayout> ElementMapper;
-#endif
 
     // this constructor won't work anymore. Please use the variant
     // below which also includes the GridView as an argument.
diff --git a/dumux/io/vtknestedfunction.hh b/dumux/io/vtknestedfunction.hh
index fa753b73358462edc3418644421e20576c0fd70d..24ddba5e67d68db893d314ca02583fa443bf619f 100644
--- a/dumux/io/vtknestedfunction.hh
+++ b/dumux/io/vtknestedfunction.hh
@@ -30,14 +30,7 @@
 #include <dune/common/fvector.hh>
 #include <dune/istl/bvector.hh>
 #include <dune/common/version.hh>
-
-#if DUNE_VERSION_NEWER_REV(DUNE_GRID, 2, 1, 0)
-// DUNE 2.1 and above
 #include <dune/grid/io/file/vtk/function.hh>
-#else
-// DUNE 2.0 and below
-#include <dune/grid/io/file/vtk/vtkwriter.hh>
-#endif
 
 #include <string>