diff --git a/dumux/porousmediumflow/2pdfm/implicit/volumevariables.hh b/dumux/porousmediumflow/2pdfm/implicit/volumevariables.hh
index 951452d31d4c2d4b7699e2510c3debc01545ac73..c1fb6127a726a5949dc948e59f9aa78882b863a1 100644
--- a/dumux/porousmediumflow/2pdfm/implicit/volumevariables.hh
+++ b/dumux/porousmediumflow/2pdfm/implicit/volumevariables.hh
@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@ public:
             MaterialLaw::krn(materialParams, fluidState_.saturation(wPhaseIdx))
             / fluidState_.viscosity(nPhaseIdx);
 
-        // porosity
-        porosityMatrix_ = problem.spatialParams().porosity(element, fvGeometry, scvIdx);
-
         // energy related quantities not belonging to the fluid state
         asImp_().updateEnergy_(priVars, problem, element, fvGeometry, scvIdx, isOldSol);
         asImp_().updateFracture(priVars, problem, element, fvGeometry, scvIdx, isOldSol);
@@ -334,12 +331,6 @@ public:
     Scalar mobilityFracture(int phaseIdx) const
     { return mobilityFracture_[phaseIdx]; }
 
-    /*!
-     * \brief Returns the average porosity within the matrix control volume.
-     */
-    Scalar porosity() const
-    { return porosityMatrix_; }
-
     /*!
      * \brief Returns the average porosity within the fracture.
      */
@@ -355,7 +346,6 @@ public:
 protected:
     FluidState fluidState_;
     FluidState fluidStateFracture_;
-    Scalar porosityMatrix_;
     Scalar porosityFracture_;
     Scalar permeability_;
     Scalar permeabilityFracture_;