diff --git a/dumux/implicit/2p2c/2p2cmodel.hh b/dumux/implicit/2p2c/2p2cmodel.hh
index ee295dc614a47305a9bb38e8192e5fbd2a193871..c410aa8a3d3a0fc137cc7c1cbb0dfb7a3b7c376d 100644
--- a/dumux/implicit/2p2c/2p2cmodel.hh
+++ b/dumux/implicit/2p2c/2p2cmodel.hh
@@ -563,7 +563,6 @@ public:
             succeeded = this->gridView_().comm().min(succeeded);
 
         if (!succeeded) {
-            if(this->problem_().gridView().comm().rank() == 0)
                 DUNE_THROW(NumericalProblem,
                         "A process did not succeed in updating the static data.");
             return;
diff --git a/dumux/implicit/3p3c/3p3cmodel.hh b/dumux/implicit/3p3c/3p3cmodel.hh
index 9241602ed53df33186733fb25c9ba50d6f295e8c..60b24c7908f38f5800692d0d5d87d39126b5c917 100644
--- a/dumux/implicit/3p3c/3p3cmodel.hh
+++ b/dumux/implicit/3p3c/3p3cmodel.hh
@@ -552,7 +552,6 @@ public:
             succeeded = this->gridView_().comm().min(succeeded);
 
         if (!succeeded) {
-            if(this->problem_().gridView().comm().rank() == 0)
                 DUNE_THROW(NumericalProblem,
                         "A process did not succeed in updating the static data.");
             return;
diff --git a/dumux/implicit/co2/co2model.hh b/dumux/implicit/co2/co2model.hh
index 2028656bf83aecb54bd54999f7e0b4a44ba7ab6b..73d377261ed795d18f459a154ee697f12fd23382 100644
--- a/dumux/implicit/co2/co2model.hh
+++ b/dumux/implicit/co2/co2model.hh
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ public:
              succeeded = this->gridView_().comm().min(succeeded);
 
          if (!succeeded) {
-             if(this->problem_().gridView().comm().rank() == 0)
                  DUNE_THROW(NumericalProblem,
                          "A process did not succeed in updating the static data.");
              return;