diff --git a/dumux/CMakeLists.txt b/dumux/CMakeLists.txt
index 1464208a7f77935e6c923a6d23b8faf6b4f0d378..a92131ff57c90861e0de0de7d22028c350ac3dcf 100644
--- a/dumux/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dumux/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ add_subdirectory("assembly")
 add_subdirectory("common")
 add_subdirectory("discretization")
 add_subdirectory("freeflow")
-add_subdirectory("implicit")
 add_subdirectory("io")
 add_subdirectory("linear")
 add_subdirectory("material")
diff --git a/dumux/implicit/CMakeLists.txt b/dumux/implicit/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000