diff --git a/dune/gfe/Makefile.am b/dune/gfe/Makefile.am
index 85557597a0a703deeb00df3b35ad6b0fe5a8f048..aa0a6342cf00ebebd6f1213bd7997eeeb4852678 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/Makefile.am
+++ b/dune/gfe/Makefile.am
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = @AM_CPPFLAGS@ -I$(top_srcdir)/..
 srcincludedir = $(includedir)/dune/common
 srcinclude_HEADERS = averagedistanceassembler.hh \
                      averageinterface.hh \
-                     cosseratamirameshwriter.hh \
                      geodesicdifference.hh \
                      geodesicfeassembler.hh \
                      geodesicfefunctionadaptor.hh \
diff --git a/dune/gfe/cosseratamirameshwriter.hh b/dune/gfe/cosseratamirameshwriter.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index 458705a1c9cc0b919f2e2c5d3051d362fcb7123b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/dune/gfe/cosseratamirameshwriter.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef COSSERAT_AMIRAMESH_WRITER_HH
-#define COSSERAT_AMIRAMESH_WRITER_HH
-
-#include <dune/grid/geometrygrid.hh>
-#include <dune/grid/io/file/amirameshwriter.hh>
-
-#include <dune/gfe/rigidbodymotion.hh>
-
-
-/** \brief Write the configuration of a Cosserat material in AmiraMesh format */
-template <class GridType>
-class CosseratAmiraMeshWriter
-{
-    
-    static const int dim = GridType::dimension;
-
-    /** \brief Encapsulates the grid deformation for the GeometryGrid class */
-    template <class HostGridView>
-    class DeformationFunction
-        : public Dune :: DiscreteCoordFunction< double, 3, DeformationFunction<HostGridView> >
-    {
-        typedef DeformationFunction<HostGridView> This;
-        typedef Dune :: DiscreteCoordFunction< double, 3, This > Base;
-
-        static const int dim = HostGridView::dimension;
-    
-    public:
-
-        DeformationFunction(const HostGridView& gridView,
-                            const std::vector<RigidBodyMotion<double,3> >& deformedPosition)
-            : gridView_(gridView),
-              deformedPosition_(deformedPosition)
-        {}
-
-        void evaluate (const typename HostGridView::template Codim<dim>::Entity& hostEntity, unsigned int corner,
-                       Dune::FieldVector<double,3> &y ) const
-        {
-
-            const typename HostGridView::IndexSet& indexSet = gridView_.indexSet();
-
-            int idx = indexSet.index(hostEntity);
-            y = deformedPosition_[idx].r;
-        }
-
-        void evaluate (const typename HostGridView::template Codim<0>::Entity& hostEntity, unsigned int corner,
-                       Dune::FieldVector<double,3> &y ) const
-        {
-
-            const typename HostGridView::IndexSet& indexSet = gridView_.indexSet();
-
-            int idx = indexSet.subIndex(hostEntity, corner,dim);
-
-            y = deformedPosition_[idx].r;
-        }
-
-    private:
-
-        HostGridView gridView_;
-
-        const std::vector<RigidBodyMotion<double,3> > deformedPosition_;
-
-    };
-
-    
-public:
-    static void write(const GridType& grid,
-                      const std::vector<RigidBodyMotion<double,3> >& configuration,
-                      const std::string& filePrefix)
-    {
-
-        typedef Dune::GeometryGrid<GridType,DeformationFunction<typename GridType::LeafGridView> > DeformedGridType;
-    
-        DeformationFunction<typename GridType::LeafGridView> deformationFunction(grid.leafView(), configuration);
-    
-        // stupid, can't instantiate deformedGrid with a const grid
-        DeformedGridType deformedGrid(const_cast<GridType&>(grid), deformationFunction);
-
-        if (dim==2)
-            Dune::LeafAmiraMeshWriter<DeformedGridType>::writeSurfaceGrid(deformedGrid.leafView(), filePrefix + "Grid");
-        else {
-            Dune::LeafAmiraMeshWriter<DeformedGridType> amiramesh(deformedGrid);
-            amiramesh.write(filePrefix + "Grid");
-        }
-    
-        // Make three vector fields containing the directors
-        // I don't think there is a simpler way to get the data into vanilla Amira
-    
-        for (int i=0; i<3; i++) {
-     
-            std::vector<Dune::FieldVector<double,3> > director(configuration.size());
-            for (size_t j=0; j<configuration.size(); j++)
-                director[j] = configuration[j].q.director(i);
-        
-            Dune::LeafAmiraMeshWriter<DeformedGridType> amiramesh;
-            amiramesh.addVertexData(director, deformedGrid.leafView());
-        
-            std::stringstream iAsAscii;
-            iAsAscii << i;
-            amiramesh.write(filePrefix + "Orientation"+iAsAscii.str(), true);
-        
-        }
-    
-    }    
-
-};
-
-#endif