diff --git a/dumux/common/timemanager.hh b/dumux/common/timemanager.hh
index 26b584fa0f39456933e69a486001d3d02380a593..1bbf74c58004eb4382ac52ccd333ae44eac5bb05 100644
--- a/dumux/common/timemanager.hh
+++ b/dumux/common/timemanager.hh
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ class TimeManager
 {
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(Scalar)) Scalar;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, PTAG(Problem)) Problem;
+
+    TimeManager(const TimeManager&)
+    {}
 public:
 
     TimeManager(bool verbose = true)