diff --git a/dune/elasticity/materials/material.hh b/dune/elasticity/materials/material.hh
index b9a1d3a94eb4c00e201a3f0eab10cd2a487c92e8..897cbd9f5826f0ac6be00fea5baa2d44a7bc8dcb 100644
--- a/dune/elasticity/materials/material.hh
+++ b/dune/elasticity/materials/material.hh
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ class Material
         typedef Dune::BlockVector<block_type> VectorType;
         typedef LocalFunctionalAssembler<GridType,Lfe, block_type > LocalLinearization;
         typedef LocalOperatorAssembler<GridType,Lfe,Lfe,Dune::FieldMatrix<ReturnType,dim,dim> > LocalHessian;
-
-        typedef Dune::VirtualFunction<block_type,block_type> Function;
         typedef VirtualGridFunction<GridType, block_type> GridFunction;
 
     public: