diff --git a/AMDiS/src/DOFVector.h b/AMDiS/src/DOFVector.h
index 7bfa7ed1a112a17d8104b71e870a38f8056f98ad..f46cfb84342e25c49789d9dd9f705a34cae719ac 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/DOFVector.h
+++ b/AMDiS/src/DOFVector.h
@@ -697,11 +697,6 @@ namespace AMDiS {
      * Stores the last calculated vector norm
      */
     static double norm;
-
-    /** \brief
-     * Dimension of the mesh this DOFVector belongs to
-     */
-    static int dim;
   }; 
 
   // ===============================================================================
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/DOFVector.hh b/AMDiS/src/DOFVector.hh
index 192f2fba73a75ee8f21e09e1ef9737c7b06547c7..8fd6c54acdbd6535b29f5c33be2a26ade9ae01c3 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/DOFVector.hh
+++ b/AMDiS/src/DOFVector.hh
@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@ namespace AMDiS {
   template<typename T>
   double DOFVector<T>::norm = 0.0;
 
-  template<typename T>
-  int DOFVector<T>::dim = 0;
-
   template<typename T>
   void DOFVectorBase<T>::addElementVector(T factor, 
 					  const ElementVector &elVec,