diff --git a/dumux/common/timeloop.hh b/dumux/common/timeloop.hh
index a2a97532c455b5238602300cbc302f0295e97a0b..8ab2aaee507712f3f6750810fe24c6e8ed96bd33 100644
--- a/dumux/common/timeloop.hh
+++ b/dumux/common/timeloop.hh
@@ -235,12 +235,6 @@ public:
     Scalar timeStepSize() const override
     { return timeStepSize_; }
 
-    /*!
-     * \brief Returns the size of the previous time step \f$\mathrm{[s]}\f$.
-     */
-    Scalar previousTimeStepSize() const
-    { return previousTimeStepSize_; }
-
     /*!
      * \brief Returns number of time steps which have been
      *        executed since the beginning of the simulation.
@@ -357,7 +351,6 @@ private:
     double cpuTime_;
 
     Scalar timeStepSize_;
-    Scalar previousTimeStepSize_;
     Scalar maxTimeStepSize_;
     int timeStepIdx_;
     bool finished_;