diff --git a/istl/solvers.hh b/istl/solvers.hh
index bf7b4176183f54dec0ec280914311cc9d482cc88..2df0dac7b70a44a5bdc3eafd73614dc88ce1831a 100644
--- a/istl/solvers.hh
+++ b/istl/solvers.hh
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ namespace Dune {
     {
       const double EPSILON=1e-20;
 
-      int it, me;
+      int it;
       field_type rho, rho_new, alpha, beta, h, omega;
       field_type norm, norm_old, norm_0;