diff --git a/src/amdis/AdaptInfo.cpp b/src/amdis/AdaptInfo.cpp
index 59ea59c727d6d5f4a7e9b1ea58be848a25e226dc..88367d9e3f513111ca5705cb21239d1dcab87a4c 100644
--- a/src/amdis/AdaptInfo.cpp
+++ b/src/amdis/AdaptInfo.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ namespace AMDiS
     Parameters::get(prefix + "->time relative tolerance", timeRelativeTolerance);
     Parameters::get(prefix + "->coarsen allowed", coarsenAllowed);
     Parameters::get(prefix + "->refinement allowed", refinementAllowed);
-    Parameters::get(prefix + "->refine bisections", refineBisections);
-    Parameters::get(prefix + "->coarsen bisections", coarseBisections);
     Parameters::get(prefix + "->sum factor", fac_sum);
     Parameters::get(prefix + "->max factor", fac_max);
 
diff --git a/src/amdis/AdaptInfo.hpp b/src/amdis/AdaptInfo.hpp
index 881de9a108d2ecb3951491e9be7bf7cad14f7a58..3e12a88666788916f82f1b5d15c727f5fdf5fe40 100644
--- a/src/amdis/AdaptInfo.hpp
+++ b/src/amdis/AdaptInfo.hpp
@@ -69,20 +69,6 @@ namespace AMDiS
 
       /// true if refinement is allowed, false otherwise.
       int refinementAllowed = 1;
-
-      /** \brief
-       * parameter to tell the marking strategy how many bisections should be
-       * performed when an element is marked for refinement; usually the value is
-       * 1 or DIM
-       */
-      int refineBisections = 1;
-
-      /** \brief
-       * parameter to tell the marking strategy how many bisections should
-       * be undone when an element is marked for coarsening; usually the value is
-       * 1 or DIM
-       */
-      int coarseBisections = 1;
     };
 
   public:
@@ -519,18 +505,6 @@ namespace AMDiS
       scalContents.at(key)->coarsenAllowed = allow;
     }
 
-    /// Returns \ref refineBisections
-    int getRefineBisections(int index) const
-    {
-      return scalContents[index]->refineBisections;
-    }
-
-    /// Returns \ref coarseBisections
-    int getCoarseBisections(int index) const
-    {
-      return scalContents[index]->coarseBisections;
-    }
-
     int getSize() const
     {
       return int(scalContents.size());