diff --git a/dune/solvers/solvers/fixedstepsolver.hh b/dune/solvers/solvers/fixedstepsolver.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index 755c5a49d4146a40c9b8d7b607f375016efff0a7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/dune/solvers/solvers/fixedstepsolver.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-// -*- tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*-
-// vi: set et ts=4 sw=2 sts=2:
-#ifndef DUNE_SOLVERS_FIXEDSTEPSOLVER_HH
-#define DUNE_SOLVERS_FIXEDSTEPSOLVER_HH
-
-#include <memory>
-
-#include <dune/solvers/common/defaultbitvector.hh>
-#include <dune/solvers/common/resize.hh>
-
-
-
-namespace Dune {
-namespace Solvers {
-
-/**
- * \brief An iterative solver using a fixed number of iterations
- *
- * \tparam Matrix Matrix type of the system
- * \tparam Vector Vector type of the system
- */
-template<class Matrix, class Vector, class Step>
-class FixedStepSolver
-{
-  using BitVector = Dune::Solvers::DefaultBitVector_t<Vector>;
-
-public:
-
-  /** \brief Constructor
-   * \param step The iteration step object to use
-   * \param noOfSteps The number of steps to take
-   */
-  FixedStepSolver(const std::shared_ptr<Step> step, unsigned int noOfSteps=1)
-  : step_(step),
-    noOfSteps_(noOfSteps)
-  {}
-
-  /** \brief Solve */
-  void operator()(Vector& x, const Matrix& m, const Vector& r)
-  {
-    Dune::Solvers::resizeInitialize(ignore_, x, false);
-    step_->setIgnore(ignore_);
-    step_->setProblem(m, x, r);
-    step_->preprocess();
-    for (unsigned int i=0; i<noOfSteps_; i++)
-      step_->iterate();
-  }
-
-private:
-  std::shared_ptr<Step> step_;
-  unsigned int noOfSteps_;
-  BitVector ignore_;
-};
-
-
-
-} // end namespace Solvers
-} // end namespace Dune
-
-
-
-#endif // DUNE_SOLVERS_FIXEDSTEPSOLVER_HH
-
-
diff --git a/dune/solvers/transferoperators/densemultigridtransfer.hh b/dune/solvers/transferoperators/densemultigridtransfer.hh
index 310b027d6ac1fe292d1b58f36ba643a4db9b71fb..e16abce4d51b218a2c7be572b8469f03c75f1cbb 100644
--- a/dune/solvers/transferoperators/densemultigridtransfer.hh
+++ b/dune/solvers/transferoperators/densemultigridtransfer.hh
@@ -121,11 +121,6 @@ public:
         return matrix_;
     }
 
-    /** \brief Set matrix */
-    template<class M>
-    void setMatrix(M&& m) {
-        matrix_ = std::forward<M>(m);
-    }
 
 protected: