diff --git a/dune/gfe/localgeodesicfefunction.hh b/dune/gfe/localgeodesicfefunction.hh
index defdaa7cc1c46d4407e48c762c60fce3d89b5f0e..a33dd59463b636fdaa6131f9f8a5b6f1d47d81af 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/localgeodesicfefunction.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/localgeodesicfefunction.hh
@@ -289,8 +289,6 @@ evaluateDerivativeOfGradientWRTCoefficient(const Dune::FieldVector<ctype, dim>&
                                            int coefficient,
                                            Tensor3<double,embeddedDim,embeddedDim,dim>& result) const
 {
-    const int embeddedDim = EmbeddedTangentVector::size;
-    
     // the function value at the point where we are evaluating the derivative
     TargetSpace q = evaluate(local);