diff --git a/dune/tectonic/minimisation.hh b/dune/tectonic/minimisation.hh
index 9ed960ea2c25fcb86329516789eafc6d19e40741..d1b421e6e9a781f1eab3b7b7cd0a149b7a4e453e 100644
--- a/dune/tectonic/minimisation.hh
+++ b/dune/tectonic/minimisation.hh
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ void descentMinimisation(Functional const &J,
 
   int count;
   double const stepsize = bisection.minimize(JRest, 0.0, 0.0, count);
-  dverb << "Number of iterations in the bisection method: " << count
-        << std::endl;
-  ;
 
   Arithmetic::addProduct(x, stepsize, v);
 }