diff --git a/AMDiS/src/DOFVector.cc b/AMDiS/src/DOFVector.cc
index 90ba3a08b4d06e987e54da16c09dac0717f08894..c954a947be040286bd5074eda642adabbbf8079d 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/DOFVector.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/DOFVector.cc
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ namespace AMDiS {
       numNodes += numPositionNodes;
     }
 
-    TEST_EXIT_DBG(numNodes == mesh->getNumberOfNodes())
-      ("invalid number of nodes\n");
+//    TEST_EXIT_DBG(numNodes == mesh->getNumberOfNodes())
+//      ("invalid number of nodes\n");
 
     TEST_EXIT_DBG(numDOFs == basFcts->getNumber())
       ("number of dofs != number of basis functions\n");