diff --git a/dune/istl/tutorial/example.cc b/dune/istl/tutorial/example.cc
index 896aa2cf5e0f7f2ae275cb49f136cc44dd76c53f..e1ad102ab0561eef84b663af217920f8b8860537 100644
--- a/dune/istl/tutorial/example.cc
+++ b/dune/istl/tutorial/example.cc
@@ -515,7 +515,6 @@ void test_MultiTypeBlockVector_MultiTypeBlockMatrix() {
 
   typedef Dune::FieldMatrix<double,1,1> LittleBlock;                    //matrix block type
   typedef Dune::BCRSMatrix<LittleBlock> BCRSMat;                        //matrix type
-  typedef Dune::BlockVector<Dune::FieldVector<double,1> > VecType;
 
   const int X1=3;                                                       //index bounds of all four matrices
   const int X2=2;