diff --git a/src/sand-wedge.cc b/src/sand-wedge.cc
index afea89276cb384d1f038f2d1e1eeb853d9c80925..6cd295e3b7e2f2b1bedd8961185d82240192edcf 100644
--- a/src/sand-wedge.cc
+++ b/src/sand-wedge.cc
@@ -340,8 +340,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                              dirichletNodes);
     auto multigridStep = factory.getSolver();
 
-    std::fstream iterationWriter("iterations", std::fstream::out);
-
     auto timeSteppingScheme = initTimeStepper(
         parset.get<Config::scheme>("timeSteps.scheme"),
         velocityDirichletFunction, dirichletNodes, M, A, C, u_initial,
@@ -418,7 +416,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
         solveVelocityProblem(velocityIterate, alpha);
 
-        iterationWriter << iterationCounter << " ";
         if (printProgress)
           std::cout << '.' << std::flush;
 
@@ -445,7 +442,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       timeSteppingScheme->extractRelativeVelocity(vr);
 
       report(ur, vr, alpha);
-      iterationWriter << std::endl;
 
       {
         BasisGridFunction<typename MyAssembler::VertexBasis, Vector>
@@ -463,8 +459,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         vtkWriter.write(timeStep, ur, vr, alpha, stress);
       }
     }
-    iterationWriter.close();
-
     Python::stop();
   }
   catch (Dune::Exception &e) {