diff --git a/dune/gfe/globalgfetestfunctionbasis.hh b/dune/gfe/globalgfetestfunctionbasis.hh
index 15bf079f5d561c1dd94c2f70e21060a1ecb593f3..b24a93a93df4a0c51fc39efc6e5942e5efc0b90b 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/globalgfetestfunctionbasis.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/globalgfetestfunctionbasis.hh
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ private:
     typedef GlobalGFETestFunctionBasis<Basis,TargetSpace> This;
     typedef FunctionSpaceBasis<GridView, typename TargetSpace::EmbeddedTangentVector, typename This::LocalFiniteElement> Base;     
 
-    const static int tangentDim = TargetSpace::TangentVector::dimension;
-
 public:
     GlobalGFETestFunctionBasis(const Basis& basis, const CoefficientType& baseCoefficients) :
         Base(basis.getGridView()),