diff --git a/common/configparser.cc b/common/configparser.cc
index 9b885c2cb53317e1526e00ba92fd405013e0c76c..c1e387fcc5abe538abb6fb245f90287f44afac87 100644
--- a/common/configparser.cc
+++ b/common/configparser.cc
@@ -191,13 +191,6 @@ string ConfigParser::get(const string& key, string defaultValue)
 }
 
 
-string ConfigParser::get(const string& key, char* defaultValue)
-{
-  string s = defaultValue;
-
-  return get(key, s);
-}
-
 int ConfigParser::get(const string& key, int defaultValue)
 {
   stringstream stream;
diff --git a/common/configparser.hh b/common/configparser.hh
index c1736b6c91ee59a7622baafaa13bfd91990d9ffc..8a3359cad88dea9756c504e6e43cff21c528eec6 100644
--- a/common/configparser.hh
+++ b/common/configparser.hh
@@ -148,9 +148,6 @@ namespace Dune {
     std::string get(const std::string& key, std::string defaultValue);
 
 
-    std::string get(const std::string& key, char* defaultValue);
-
-
     /** \brief get value as int
      *
      * Returns value for given key interpreted as int.