diff --git a/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/staggered/fluxoversurface.hh b/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/staggered/fluxoversurface.hh
index 30d3e638ec32377a0aeca19b8c48e9b532e8d347..79d7474006f32b06a8d65636f24a858321b62844 100644
--- a/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/staggered/fluxoversurface.hh
+++ b/dumux/freeflow/navierstokes/staggered/fluxoversurface.hh
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include <dune/common/fvector.hh>
 #include <dune/geometry/type.hh>
 #include <dune/geometry/multilineargeometry.hh>
-#include <dune/geometry/referenceelements.hh>
 
 #include <dumux/common/parameters.hh>
 #include <dumux/common/geometry/makegeometry.hh>
diff --git a/dumux/porousmediumflow/2p/sequential/diffusion/cellcentered/velocityadaptive.hh b/dumux/porousmediumflow/2p/sequential/diffusion/cellcentered/velocityadaptive.hh
index 0e06a573cfa1e3f95920eac6f6a4c74708dc0909..e984fcd6e2b38d1e80b946f3229870622ba85150 100644
--- a/dumux/porousmediumflow/2p/sequential/diffusion/cellcentered/velocityadaptive.hh
+++ b/dumux/porousmediumflow/2p/sequential/diffusion/cellcentered/velocityadaptive.hh
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ class FVVelocity2PAdaptive: public FVVelocity2P<TypeTag>
         dim = GridView::dimension, dimWorld = GridView::dimensionworld
     };
 
-    using ReferenceElements = Dune::ReferenceElements<Scalar, dim>;
-
     enum
     {
         pw = Indices::pressureW,
diff --git a/dumux/porousmediumflow/velocityoutput.hh b/dumux/porousmediumflow/velocityoutput.hh
index aec441d3951470c8abcb40466ee7b62751ee1351..8f2a77ebc584b8b9856956ac41215e3e0af3fec2 100644
--- a/dumux/porousmediumflow/velocityoutput.hh
+++ b/dumux/porousmediumflow/velocityoutput.hh
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 #include <dune/common/float_cmp.hh>
-#include <dune/geometry/referenceelements.hh>
 
 #include <dumux/common/parameters.hh>
 #include <dumux/io/velocityoutput.hh>
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ class PorousMediumFlowVelocityOutput : public VelocityOutput<GridVariables>
     static constexpr int dofCodim = isBox ? dim : 0;
 
     using GlobalPosition = typename Element::Geometry::GlobalCoordinate;
-    using ReferenceElements = Dune::ReferenceElements<typename GridView::ctype, dim>;
 
     using Problem = typename GridVolumeVariables::Problem;
     using BoundaryTypes = typename Problem::Traits::BoundaryTypes;
diff --git a/test/io/gridmanager/gmshboundaryflagtest.hh b/test/io/gridmanager/gmshboundaryflagtest.hh
index 4d242a469b410877ecdb5f6fd51d02a9b0327dc1..4f67a0380334ca8a24c150aa5f4f288c087900a4 100644
--- a/test/io/gridmanager/gmshboundaryflagtest.hh
+++ b/test/io/gridmanager/gmshboundaryflagtest.hh
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ class GmshBoundaryFlagTest
     using Scalar = double;
     static const int dim = Grid::dimension;
     using GridManager = typename Dumux::GridManager<Grid>;
-    using ReferenceElements = typename Dune::ReferenceElements<Scalar, dim>;
 
 public:
 
diff --git a/test/multidomain/embedded/1d3d/1p2c_richards2c/problem_soil.hh b/test/multidomain/embedded/1d3d/1p2c_richards2c/problem_soil.hh
index ccde53d420982e0d742e3765598985cb3994dd7f..322a7dda401f5bbfd7d0766745da12758d0fc9e3 100644
--- a/test/multidomain/embedded/1d3d/1p2c_richards2c/problem_soil.hh
+++ b/test/multidomain/embedded/1d3d/1p2c_richards2c/problem_soil.hh
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #define DUMUX_TISSUE_PROBLEM_HH
 
 #include <dune/geometry/quadraturerules.hh>
-#include <dune/geometry/referenceelements.hh>
 #include <dune/grid/yaspgrid.hh>
 #include <dune/grid/uggrid.hh>
 #include <dune/localfunctions/lagrange/pqkfactory.hh>
diff --git a/test/multidomain/embedded/1d3d/1p_1p/problem_tissue.hh b/test/multidomain/embedded/1d3d/1p_1p/problem_tissue.hh
index 58d76aeb0b768fc16872bdd8216c5a886834a4b0..4202ca8346b5920b39b7441d6442814580407e05 100644
--- a/test/multidomain/embedded/1d3d/1p_1p/problem_tissue.hh
+++ b/test/multidomain/embedded/1d3d/1p_1p/problem_tissue.hh
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <dune/grid/yaspgrid.hh>
 
 #include <dune/geometry/quadraturerules.hh>
-#include <dune/geometry/referenceelements.hh>
 #include <dune/localfunctions/lagrange/pqkfactory.hh>
 
 #include <dumux/common/math.hh>
diff --git a/test/multidomain/embedded/1d3d/1p_richards/problem_soil.hh b/test/multidomain/embedded/1d3d/1p_richards/problem_soil.hh
index 9d0fc7f9bd73469bcc6239f4ac711e463d9e5f55..4257a04421556f0dd8a90ac2fca5437164e8ab0c 100644
--- a/test/multidomain/embedded/1d3d/1p_richards/problem_soil.hh
+++ b/test/multidomain/embedded/1d3d/1p_richards/problem_soil.hh
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 #include <dune/grid/yaspgrid.hh>
 #include <dune/geometry/quadraturerules.hh>
-#include <dune/geometry/referenceelements.hh>
 #include <dune/localfunctions/lagrange/pqkfactory.hh>
 
 #include <dumux/common/math.hh>
diff --git a/test/multidomain/embedded/2d3d/1p_1p/problem_matrix.hh b/test/multidomain/embedded/2d3d/1p_1p/problem_matrix.hh
index 1365c670ee5771012cc12eb63d383d6d95b06ab5..4e18bf1a613948cc7a1973f90f477f72bec73a2f 100644
--- a/test/multidomain/embedded/2d3d/1p_1p/problem_matrix.hh
+++ b/test/multidomain/embedded/2d3d/1p_1p/problem_matrix.hh
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #define DUMUX_MATRIX_ROBLEM_HH
 
 #include <dune/geometry/quadraturerules.hh>
-#include <dune/geometry/referenceelements.hh>
 #include <dune/grid/yaspgrid.hh>
 #include <dune/localfunctions/lagrange/pqkfactory.hh>
 
diff --git a/test/multidomain/facet/test_gridmanager.cc b/test/multidomain/facet/test_gridmanager.cc
index 8a14d9725c81aeca4a06c7a934ed047ea96b9971..ce40d13cae6d3feee80ff34618196f935419a262 100644
--- a/test/multidomain/facet/test_gridmanager.cc
+++ b/test/multidomain/facet/test_gridmanager.cc
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 #include <dune/grid/uggrid.hh>
 #include <dune/grid/common/mcmgmapper.hh>
-#include <dune/geometry/referenceelements.hh>
 #include <dune/alugrid/grid.hh>
 #include <dune/foamgrid/foamgrid.hh>