diff --git a/src/one-body-sample.cc b/src/one-body-sample.cc
index f0aa09dd5186bb8950fd92ee9962c81a465dfaa0..0f9a22a6abd2ee0317e05a233bf1e97b035e5a73 100644
--- a/src/one-body-sample.cc
+++ b/src/one-body-sample.cc
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include <dune/common/parametertree.hh>
 #include <dune/common/parametertreeparser.hh>
 #include <dune/common/shared_ptr.hh>
-#include <dune/common/timer.hh>
 
 #pragma clang diagnostic push
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wignored-qualifiers"
@@ -155,8 +154,6 @@ void initPython() {
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   try {
-    Dune::Timer timer;
-
     Dune::ParameterTree parset;
     Dune::ParameterTreeParser::readINITree(srcdir "/one-body-sample.parset",
                                            parset);
@@ -589,10 +586,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                  (boost::format("obs%d") % run).str());
       }
     }
-    if (parset.get<bool>("io.enableTimer"))
-      std::cerr << std::endl << "Making " << timesteps << " time steps took "
-                << timer.elapsed() << "s" << std::endl;
-
     iterationWriter.close();
     relaxationWriter.close();
 
diff --git a/src/one-body-sample.parset b/src/one-body-sample.parset
index 75610beee33a5e183b50c86e6826acf22a90681f..07623bef1449a8d523330ef6af9d14e4c6145db6 100644
--- a/src/one-body-sample.parset
+++ b/src/one-body-sample.parset
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # -*- mode:conf -*-
 [io]
 printProgress = false
-enableTimer   = false
 writeVTK      = false
 
 [problem]