diff --git a/dumux/common/pointsource.hh b/dumux/common/pointsource.hh
index 4fdbfcbc4e88027f02ef869caae56fe1e9cbb4bb..e320cb13828ea71b7cba0aed10402707528138fd 100644
--- a/dumux/common/pointsource.hh
+++ b/dumux/common/pointsource.hh
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ class BoundingBoxTreePointSourceHelper
 {
     using GridView = typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, GridView);
     using FVGridGeometry = typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, FVGridGeometry);
-    using FVElementGeometry = typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, FVElementGeometry);
     using PointSource = typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PointSource);
 
     static constexpr int dim = GridView::dimension;