diff --git a/AMDiS/src/Mesh.cc b/AMDiS/src/Mesh.cc
index d5cfc0a0d4d7f64db9949b5436caae97e4b6baaa..5b03933e94ba60e7067fc0d6dda242e59588a24e 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/Mesh.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/Mesh.cc
@@ -676,7 +676,6 @@ namespace AMDiS {
     int k;
     while ((k = mel_info->worldToCoord(xy, &lambda)) >= 0) {
       if (mel->getNeighbour(k)) {
-	mel = mel->getNeighbour(k);
 	mel = mel->getNeighbour(k);
 	if (macrosVisited.count(mel->getIndex()))
 	  return false;