diff --git a/AMDiS/src/Mesh.cc b/AMDiS/src/Mesh.cc
index 07b11ec998d13dda548a59d4b9f199fb9930839c..c3ddaf600bb123698768382488556110bf6be9d6 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/Mesh.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/Mesh.cc
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 #include "Projection.h"
 #include "ElInfoStack.h"
 
-#include "mpi.h"
-
 namespace AMDiS {
 
 #define TIME_USED(f,s) ((double)((s)-(f))/(double)CLOCKS_PER_SEC)