diff --git a/dumux/geomechanics/poroelastic/localresidual.hh b/dumux/geomechanics/poroelastic/localresidual.hh
index c8c4657500b8e7652cfd043ba26d8fa7c91086d7..387dd75fd53b8e39e049893fd89d7b414d2b8f85 100644
--- a/dumux/geomechanics/poroelastic/localresidual.hh
+++ b/dumux/geomechanics/poroelastic/localresidual.hh
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ class PoroElasticLocalResidual: public ElasticLocalResidual<TypeTag>
     using ElementVolumeVariables = typename GetPropType<TypeTag, Properties::GridVolumeVariables>::LocalView;
     using VolumeVariables = typename ElementVolumeVariables::VolumeVariables;
 
-    // class assembling the stress tensor
-    using StressType = GetPropType<TypeTag, Properties::StressType>;
-
 public:
     using ParentType::ParentType;