diff --git a/dune/gfe/localgeodesicfestiffness.hh b/dune/gfe/localgeodesicfestiffness.hh
index ad1fa227b710a746397f9bc154f91187b9abc310..36c60d719cbc7b0cca5b1bd0d5067c383c4462ec 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/localgeodesicfestiffness.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/localgeodesicfestiffness.hh
@@ -157,8 +157,6 @@ public:
     //! Each block is x, y, theta in 2d, T (R^3 \times SO(3)) in 3d
     enum { blocksize = TargetSpace::TangentVector::size };
 
-    static const bool globalIsometricCoordinates = TargetSpace::globalIsometricCoordinates;
-
     /** \brief Assemble the local stiffness matrix at the current position
 
     This default implementation used finite-difference approximations to compute the second derivatives
@@ -379,8 +377,6 @@ public:
     //! Each block is x, y, theta in 2d, T (R^3 \times SO(3)) in 3d
     enum { embeddedBlocksize = TargetSpace::EmbeddedTangentVector::size };
 
-    static const bool globalIsometricCoordinates = TargetSpace::globalIsometricCoordinates;
-
     /** \brief Assemble the local stiffness matrix at the current position
 
     This default implementation used finite-difference approximations to compute the second derivatives
diff --git a/dune/gfe/realtuple.hh b/dune/gfe/realtuple.hh
index e09f84be24722a76c7c5934c4091c3a81a80314f..40688fe38931c097d46088453237cdeea47ce0b1 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/realtuple.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/realtuple.hh
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ public:
 
     typedef double ctype;
 
-    /** \brief Global coordinates wrt an isometric embedding function are available */
-    static const bool globalIsometricCoordinates = true;
-
     /** \brief The type used for global coordinates */
     typedef Dune::FieldVector<double,N> CoordinateType;
     
diff --git a/dune/gfe/rigidbodymotion.hh b/dune/gfe/rigidbodymotion.hh
index 34576b6427c91223c5a5bcbf66bd631f1df63e38..af9f4ab82f62013947ae9a328c2fc63e59791102 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/rigidbodymotion.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/rigidbodymotion.hh
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 template <int dim, class T=double>
 struct RigidBodyMotion
 {
-    /** \brief Global coordinates wrt an isometric embedding function are available */
-    static const bool globalIsometricCoordinates = Rotation<dim,T>::globalIsometricCoordinates;
-
     /** \brief Type of an infinitesimal rigid body motion */
     typedef Dune::FieldVector<T, dim + Rotation<dim,T>::TangentVector::size> TangentVector;
 
diff --git a/dune/gfe/rotation.hh b/dune/gfe/rotation.hh
index baf4ad0a8246a10c62840c8ed4960dc1fdb1b583..443bb28c9724fbfa7ed24a293a3314fd80992528 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/rotation.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/rotation.hh
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ public:
     /** \brief The type used for coordinates */
     typedef T ctype;
 
-    /** \brief Global coordinates wrt an isometric embedding function are available */
-    static const bool globalIsometricCoordinates = false;
-
     /** \brief Member of the corresponding Lie algebra.  This really is a skew-symmetric matrix */
     typedef Dune::FieldVector<T,1> TangentVector;
 
@@ -154,9 +151,6 @@ public:
     /** \brief The type used for coordinates */
     typedef T ctype;
 
-    /** \brief Global coordinates wrt an isometric embedding function are available */
-    static const bool globalIsometricCoordinates = true;
-
     /** \brief The type used for global coordinates */
     typedef Dune::FieldVector<T,4> CoordinateType;
     
diff --git a/dune/gfe/unitvector.hh b/dune/gfe/unitvector.hh
index c3698ee5cd79807bd6865d4108b1912c3ef29d77..0d748d05445af2d75c1928c67618af6c0d0b238d 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/unitvector.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/unitvector.hh
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ public:
     /** \brief The type used for coordinates */
     typedef double ctype;
 
-    /** \brief Global coordinates wrt an isometric embedding function are available */
-    static const bool globalIsometricCoordinates = true;
-    
     /** \brief The type used for global coordinates */
     typedef Dune::FieldVector<double,N> CoordinateType;