diff --git a/dumux/material/components/gas.hh b/dumux/material/components/gas.hh
index 821f4173b8bb7278aa71d75e7cd470386de833b6..0dea8837a51be446067dbd08899d07328fdafed8 100644
--- a/dumux/material/components/gas.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/components/gas.hh
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@ template<class Scalar, class Component>
 class Gas
 {
 public:
-    /*!
-     * \brief the component has a gas state if it derives from Gas
-     */
-    static constexpr bool hasGasState()
-    { return true; }
-
     /*!
      * \brief Returns true if the gas phase is assumed to be compressible
      */
diff --git a/dumux/material/components/liquid.hh b/dumux/material/components/liquid.hh
index 6738635c8a514f8bf24f06fb2a992f27f6fe254f..171cae6a692880405d8e0e8b1d86921cedca7783 100644
--- a/dumux/material/components/liquid.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/components/liquid.hh
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@ template<class Scalar, class Component>
 class Liquid
 {
 public:
-    /*!
-     * \brief the component has a liquid state if it derives from Liquid
-     */
-    static constexpr bool hasLiquidState()
-    { return true; }
-
     /*!
      * \brief Returns true if the liquid phase is assumed to be compressible
      */
diff --git a/dumux/material/components/solid.hh b/dumux/material/components/solid.hh
index 84b9a3b314f7bb2aeafd343909a736f8fd4466a1..62bb74099bdfee762f7800870bcbfa1c1aaf279b 100644
--- a/dumux/material/components/solid.hh
+++ b/dumux/material/components/solid.hh
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@ template<class Scalar, class Component>
 class Solid
 {
 public:
-    /*!
-     * \brief the component has a solid state if it derives from Solid
-     */
-    static constexpr bool hasSolidState()
-    { return true; }
-
     /*!
      * \brief Returns true if the solid phase is assumed to be compressible
      */