diff --git a/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp1mapper.hh b/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp1mapper.hh
index 8e1371798ce300c90082f66614fd4ac557ffa86e..e7da2815b0f19eb91479592c20c2663d525585ff 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp1mapper.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp1mapper.hh
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@
 // Include Dune header files
 #include <dune/common/version.hh>
 
-/** include parallel capability */
-#if HAVE_MPI
-  #include <dune/common/parallel/mpihelper.hh>
-#endif
-
 namespace Dune {
 
   template <class GridView>
diff --git a/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp2mapper.hh b/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp2mapper.hh
index d5d129367fea2aff2ea423441748346856c0c117..e98b3294f124131b47c534e2ab8c86ad89744111 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp2mapper.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp2mapper.hh
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@
 // Include Dune header files
 #include <dune/common/version.hh>
 
-/** include parallel capability */
-#if HAVE_MPI
-  #include <dune/common/parallel/mpihelper.hh>
-#endif
-
 #include <dune/functions/functionspacebases/pqknodalbasis.hh>
 
 namespace Dune {