diff --git a/AMDiS/src/VtkWriter.cc b/AMDiS/src/VtkWriter.cc
index b77c9b1e131d7485d890a7479dfa349dd0f70380..f362f60a353435a33de3cadd7e19e914474cfcac 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/VtkWriter.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/VtkWriter.cc
@@ -84,12 +84,8 @@ namespace AMDiS {
       file << "        <DataArray type=\"Float32\" Name=\"value" << i 
 	   << "\" format=\"ascii\">" << ::std::endl;
       
-      if ((dim_ == 2) && (degree_ == 2)) {
-	writeVertexValues_dim2_degree2(file, i);
-      } else {
-	writeVertexValues(file, i);
-      }
-
+      writeVertexValues(file, i);
+      
       file << "        </DataArray>" << ::std::endl;
     }
 
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/VtkWriter.h b/AMDiS/src/VtkWriter.h
index b0b4ef5a6ecda8b556a05e2b51c959cdee74cbf5..b8aa1db122ff05227e39a12319a0ace1ee15d8e6 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/VtkWriter.h
+++ b/AMDiS/src/VtkWriter.h
@@ -69,12 +69,6 @@ namespace AMDiS {
     void writeVertexValues(::std::ofstream &file, int componentNo);
 
 
-    /** \brief
-     * 
-     */
-    void writeVertexValues_dim2_degree2(::std::ofstream &file, int componentNo);
-
-
     /** \brief
      * 
      */