diff --git a/dune/solvers/iterationsteps/multigridstep.hh b/dune/solvers/iterationsteps/multigridstep.hh
index 9facf1d4f29dc79630364600c2e92ba4746d39eb..35ae17fce302781687c7f4e854b5c5f19282123d 100644
--- a/dune/solvers/iterationsteps/multigridstep.hh
+++ b/dune/solvers/iterationsteps/multigridstep.hh
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ namespace Dune {
     class MultigridStep : public LinearIterationStep<MatrixType, VectorType, BitVectorType>
     {
 
-        static const int blocksize = VectorType::block_type::dimension;
-
     public:
         using LinearStepType = LinearIterationStep<MatrixType, VectorType, BitVectorType>;