diff --git a/AMDiS/src/AdaptInstationary.h b/AMDiS/src/AdaptInstationary.h
index 3be1793e96c41c4d81252b261215c6cf2f429419..0ca426ac36358dd011f80f97e4608f93f8b3b120 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/AdaptInstationary.h
+++ b/AMDiS/src/AdaptInstationary.h
@@ -80,13 +80,6 @@ namespace AMDiS {
       return strategy;
     };
 
-    /** \brief
-     * Returns true, if the adaptive procedure was deserialized from a file.
-     */
-    const bool isDeserialized() const {
-      return isDeserialized_;
-    }
-
     /** \brief
      * Implementation of AdaptBase::adapt()
      */
@@ -194,11 +187,6 @@ namespace AMDiS {
      * Stores the runtime (in seconds) of some last timestep iterations.
      */
     ::std::queue<int> lastIterationsDuration_;
-
-    /** \brief
-     * Is true, if the adaptive procedure was deserialized from a file.
-     */
-    bool isDeserialized_;
   };
 
 }