diff --git a/dune/gfe/localgeodesicfestiffness.hh b/dune/gfe/localgeodesicfestiffness.hh
index b157f8e8d9df4c4e37ba864950e22136a1ecccf9..9b5b5c29fe9d24997ffd1c2b913552caebf75dc1 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/localgeodesicfestiffness.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/localgeodesicfestiffness.hh
@@ -77,12 +77,6 @@ public:
     virtual void assemble(const Entity& e,
                   const std::vector<TargetSpace>& localSolution);
    
-    /** \todo Remove this once this methods is not in base class LocalStiffness anymore */
-    void assemble (const Entity& e, int k=1)
-    {
-        DUNE_THROW(Dune::NotImplemented, "!");
-    }
-    
     virtual RT energy (const Entity& e,
                        const std::vector<TargetSpace>& localSolution) const = 0;