diff --git a/dumux/common/properties.hh b/dumux/common/properties.hh
index f97c06fd0d4589a601c78c94b3b1ebb469964e9b..1ccc0c730dad95b40ae9be0e528e889357136fa6 100644
--- a/dumux/common/properties.hh
+++ b/dumux/common/properties.hh
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ namespace Properties {
 ///////////////////////////////////////
 NEW_PROP_TAG(Scalar);                 //!< Property to specify the type of scalar values.
 NEW_PROP_TAG(ModelDefaultParameters); //!< Property which defines the group that is queried for parameters by default
-NEW_PROP_TAG(GridCreator);            //!< Property which provides a GridCreator (manages grids)
 NEW_PROP_TAG(Grid);                   //!< The DUNE grid type
 NEW_PROP_TAG(PrimaryVariables);       //!< A vector of primary variables
 NEW_PROP_TAG(NumEqVector);            //!< A vector of size number equations that can be used for Neumann fluxes, sources, residuals, ...
diff --git a/dumux/common/properties/grid.hh b/dumux/common/properties/grid.hh
index 2f4803a0b543ae8d825d217d36f88e90dda76eaf..2ab818bf02e53d8ee94a7b7aadb0faf454e65f21 100644
--- a/dumux/common/properties/grid.hh
+++ b/dumux/common/properties/grid.hh
@@ -28,21 +28,16 @@
 
 #include <dumux/common/properties.hh>
 #include <dumux/common/pointsource.hh>
-#include <dumux/io/gridcreator.hh>
 
-namespace Dumux
-{
-namespace Properties
-{
+namespace Dumux {
+namespace Properties {
+
 //! Type tag for numeric models.
 NEW_TYPE_TAG(GridProperties);
 
 //! Use the leaf grid view if not defined otherwise
 SET_TYPE_PROP(GridProperties, GridView, typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Grid)::LeafGridView);
 
-//! Use the DgfGridCreator by default
-SET_TYPE_PROP(GridProperties, GridCreator, GridCreator<TypeTag>);
-
 //! Use the minimal point source implementation as default
 SET_PROP(GridProperties, PointSource)
 {