diff --git a/dune/fufem/estimators/hierarchicestimatorbase.hh b/dune/fufem/estimators/hierarchicestimatorbase.hh
index d1356d6ecf6e19f4f42e5e2a834c1d1a8dd4690d..62d5ed302cbd412bfb895ae5cc071adcd1bc1c3d 100644
--- a/dune/fufem/estimators/hierarchicestimatorbase.hh
+++ b/dune/fufem/estimators/hierarchicestimatorbase.hh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class HierarchicEstimatorBase
     typedef typename EnlargedGlobalBasis::GridView GridView;
 
     typedef typename GridView::template Codim<0>::Iterator ElementIterator;
-    typedef typename GridView::template Codim<0>::EntityPointer ElementPointer;
+    typedef typename GridView::template Codim<0>::Entity Element;
     typedef typename GridView::IntersectionIterator IntersectionIterator;
 
     enum {dim = GridView::dimension};
diff --git a/dune/fufem/grid/hierarchic-approximation.hh b/dune/fufem/grid/hierarchic-approximation.hh
index ef354e12edb5f70eb18828f88be0e0bcf6172bcf..b9e26dbd88d374c855234b5bd98600747cb1f879 100644
--- a/dune/fufem/grid/hierarchic-approximation.hh
+++ b/dune/fufem/grid/hierarchic-approximation.hh
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ template <class Grid, class IS> class HierarchicApproximation {
   //! get entity from the grid
   typedef typename Grid::template Codim<0>::Entity Entity;
 
-  //! type of EntityPointer
-  typedef typename Grid::template Codim<0>::EntityPointer EntityPointer;
-
   //! type of HierarchicIterator
   typedef typename Grid::HierarchicIterator HierarchicIterator;
 
diff --git a/dune/fufem/mechanics/newpfeassembler.hh b/dune/fufem/mechanics/newpfeassembler.hh
index 8d7cb8d9bf394ffd875b59218dfb73dbaed54a86..52184dc38680b053af35d2b5ff992cad38a1947c 100644
--- a/dune/fufem/mechanics/newpfeassembler.hh
+++ b/dune/fufem/mechanics/newpfeassembler.hh
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ class NewPFEAssembler : public LocalOperatorAssembler < GridType, TrialLocalFE,
         typedef typename LocalOperatorAssembler < GridType, TrialLocalFE, AnsatzLocalFE, T >::Element Element;
         typedef typename LocalOperatorAssembler < GridType, TrialLocalFE, AnsatzLocalFE, T >::BoolMatrix BoolMatrix;
         typedef typename LocalOperatorAssembler < GridType, TrialLocalFE, AnsatzLocalFE, T >::LocalMatrix LocalMatrix;
-//        typedef typename GridType::template Codim<0>::Entity::EntityPointer ElementPointer;
 //        typedef typename LocalOperatorAssembler < GridType ,T >::BoolMatrix BoolMatrix;
 //        typedef typename Dune::Matrix<T> LocalMatrix;