diff --git a/dumux/common/basicproperties.hh b/dumux/common/basicproperties.hh
index 7b85a0cf35158d75a87cf8636cdd6211fb108d83..1add0abff7f78942d0c41ad8208e0f4a9ca21402 100644
--- a/dumux/common/basicproperties.hh
+++ b/dumux/common/basicproperties.hh
@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@ SET_TYPE_PROP(NumericModel, PointSource, PointSource<TypeTag>);
 //! Use the point source helper using the bounding box tree as a default
 SET_TYPE_PROP(NumericModel, PointSourceHelper, BoundingBoxTreePointSourceHelper<TypeTag>);
 
-//! Set default output level to 0 -> only primary variables are added to output
-SET_INT_PROP(NumericModel, VtkOutputLevel, 0);
-
 //! Set the default to a function throwing a NotImplemented error
 SET_TYPE_PROP(NumericModel, VtkOutputFields, DefaultVtkOutputFields);
 
diff --git a/dumux/common/properties.hh b/dumux/common/properties.hh
index e67b9a5770fc2af62599aad65be8ba21c6ded0ff..7d0460b72d6389cb91965c72da722d87720d2700 100644
--- a/dumux/common/properties.hh
+++ b/dumux/common/properties.hh
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ NEW_PROP_TAG(GridView);               //! The type of the grid view according to
 NEW_PROP_TAG(Problem);                //! Property to specify the type of a problem which has to be solved
 NEW_PROP_TAG(PointSource);            //! Property defining the type of point source used
 NEW_PROP_TAG(PointSourceHelper);      //! Property defining the class that computes which sub control volume point sources belong to
-NEW_PROP_TAG(VtkOutputLevel);         //! Property to define the output level
 NEW_PROP_TAG(VtkOutputFields);        //! A class helping models to define default vtk output parameters
 NEW_PROP_TAG(BaseLocalResidual);      //! The type of the base class of the local residual (specific to a discretization scheme)
 NEW_PROP_TAG(JacobianMatrix);         //! Type of the global jacobian matrix