diff --git a/dune/fufem/functions/virtualdifferentiablefunction.hh b/dune/fufem/functions/virtualdifferentiablefunction.hh
index d47fb706118be47982b08ea650c9fded66068ed4..37c743c62d9bace1cef95d57301b282b721a0c49 100644
--- a/dune/fufem/functions/virtualdifferentiablefunction.hh
+++ b/dune/fufem/functions/virtualdifferentiablefunction.hh
@@ -48,14 +48,6 @@ class VirtualDifferentiableFunction :
 
     virtual ~VirtualDifferentiableFunction() {}
 
-    /**
-     * \brief Function evaluation.
-     *
-     * \param x Argument for function evaluation.
-     * \param y Result of function evaluation.
-     */
-    virtual void evaluate(const DomainType& x, RangeType& y) const = 0;
-
     /** \brief evaluation of 1st derivative
      *
      *  \param x point at which to evaluate the derivative