diff --git a/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp2mapper.hh b/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp2mapper.hh
index 24033416510ffe4e1426cd454050fd3b1a71d0c4..55c988059ca2aa5495cf0c09bebdae07be36d339 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp2mapper.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp2mapper.hh
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ namespace Dune {
 
     IndexMap localGlobalMap_;
 
-    size_t nOwnedLocalEntity_;
     size_t size_;
 
   };