diff --git a/dumux/porousmediumflow/implicit/problem.hh b/dumux/porousmediumflow/implicit/problem.hh
index 890d508b60707fb32ca93c35f5a1b08fc1264469..525597f8ac839556283981a2079f5601fe86346b 100644
--- a/dumux/porousmediumflow/implicit/problem.hh
+++ b/dumux/porousmediumflow/implicit/problem.hh
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ class ImplicitPorousMediaProblem : public ImplicitProblem<TypeTag>
     typedef typename GridView::ctype CoordScalar;
     typedef Dune::FieldVector<CoordScalar, dimWorld> GlobalPosition;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar) Scalar;
-    typedef Dune::FieldVector<Scalar, dim> DimVector;
 
     enum { isBox = GET_PROP_VALUE(TypeTag, ImplicitIsBox) };