diff --git a/common/geometrytype.hh b/common/geometrytype.hh
index ce79fdf6a9bab4fbf2dcd7850865f425c7d6438f..7e220fb4022a1ca823b44f558b888ebe37aee0d8 100644
--- a/common/geometrytype.hh
+++ b/common/geometrytype.hh
@@ -166,9 +166,6 @@ namespace Dune {
 
   };
 
-  //! to be removed soon
-  typedef GeometryType NewGeometryType;
-
   /** \brief Prints a GeometryType::BasicType to an output stream */
   inline std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& s, GeometryType::BasicType type)
   {
@@ -177,7 +174,7 @@ namespace Dune {
     case GeometryType::cube :    s << "cube";    break;
     case GeometryType::pyramid : s << "pyramid"; break;
     case GeometryType::prism :   s << "prism";   break;
-    default : s << "[unknown NewGeometryType::BasicType: " << int(type) << "]";
+    default : s << "[unknown GeometryType::BasicType: " << int(type) << "]";
     }
     return s;
   }