diff --git a/dune/istl/repartition.hh b/dune/istl/repartition.hh
index b04575c2592c2b3b93da543d2bfcd9742a37d8ad..f0228b545ce926d20cc34db1c1459b9630c6f5e4 100644
--- a/dune/istl/repartition.hh
+++ b/dune/istl/repartition.hh
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ namespace Dune
           std::cout<<"Creating comm graph took "<<time.elapsed()<<std::endl;
         time.reset();
 
-#ifndef SEQUENTIAL_PARTITION
+#ifdef PARALLEL_PARTITION
         float ubvec = 1.15;
         int ncon=1;