diff --git a/common/fmatrix.hh b/common/fmatrix.hh
index a071b8496b6ca469e9d855ebaed599ecf8c045c8..91a35cf17831b2a091ecf2d2217e3a45dfbed283 100644
--- a/common/fmatrix.hh
+++ b/common/fmatrix.hh
@@ -687,17 +687,11 @@ namespace Dune {
 
     //===== conversion operator
 
-    /** \brief Sends the matrix to an output stream */
-    void print (std::ostream& s) const
-    {
-      for (size_type i=0; i<n; i++)
-        s << p[i] << std::endl;
-    }
-
     /** \brief Sends the matrix to an output stream */
     friend std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& s, const FieldMatrix<K,n,m>& a)
     {
-      a.print(s);
+      for (size_type i=0; i<n; i++)
+        s << a.p[i] << std::endl;
       return s;
     }