diff --git a/dumux/flux/fickiandiffusioncoefficients.hh b/dumux/flux/fickiandiffusioncoefficients.hh
index 280647f89ccfc2d467a140aa022da973e3136498..f95429ce0ffa9c6f80ad5acf3f8a6b9201cacb15 100644
--- a/dumux/flux/fickiandiffusioncoefficients.hh
+++ b/dumux/flux/fickiandiffusioncoefficients.hh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #ifndef DUMUX_DISCRETIZATION_FICKIAN_DIFFUSION_COEFFICIENTS_HH
 #define DUMUX_DISCRETIZATION_FICKIAN_DIFFUSION_COEFFICIENTS_HH
 
-#include <dune/common/exceptions.hh>
+#include <cassert>
 
 namespace Dumux {