diff --git a/dune/gfe/rodassembler.hh b/dune/gfe/rodassembler.hh
index e6f89089b15c7163a786f46a0a04d2f0ff95d2ab..a40dcb99e89c6280e732b0a7c04ca5b2fca68e8a 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/rodassembler.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/rodassembler.hh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 template <class GridView, int spaceDim>
 class RodAssembler
 {
-    dune_static_assert(spaceDim==2 || spaceDim==3,
+    static_assert(spaceDim==2 || spaceDim==3,
                        "You can only instantiate the class RodAssembler for 2d and 3d spaces");
 };