diff --git a/src/duneminimise.cc b/src/duneminimise.cc
index 4617157f2cdd1e7fde6256daff0ccd10496862b0..773f4e4b4b8d3b853c64d20e92e5178776e269f1 100644
--- a/src/duneminimise.cc
+++ b/src/duneminimise.cc
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
-#include <dune/common/exceptions.hh>
-
 #include "samplefunctional.hh"
 
 #include <cassert>
 
 DEFUN_DLD(duneminimise, args, nargout, "the help string") {
+  assert(args.length() == 1);
   ColumnVector current(args(0).matrix_value());
   // FIXME: We're only working with dimension two for now
   assert(current.length() == 2);
@@ -48,7 +47,3 @@ DEFUN_DLD(duneminimise, args, nargout, "the help string") {
 
   return octave_value(foo);
 }
-
-// Compile using:
-// mkoctfile duneoctave.cc -I$HOME/dune-git-svn/dune-fufem
-// -I$HOME/dune-git-svn/dune-tnnmg -ldunecommon && octave --eval duneoctave