diff --git a/grid/albertagrid/albertagrid.cc b/grid/albertagrid/albertagrid.cc
index 0c3c921a43500b08e895b8f73ffb89486d88b733..724f6f4901b99d460017bf6e0a2cf544c3d6a792 100644
--- a/grid/albertagrid/albertagrid.cc
+++ b/grid/albertagrid/albertagrid.cc
@@ -3168,10 +3168,6 @@ namespace Dune
   inline typename AlbertaGrid<dim,dimworld>::LeafIterator
   AlbertaGrid < dim, dimworld >::leafbegin (int level, int proc ) const
   {
-    if((dim == codim) || ((dim == 3) && (codim == 2)) )
-    {
-      if( ! (*vertexMarker_).up2Date() ) vertexMarker_->markNewVertices(*this);
-    }
     return AlbertaGridLeafIterator<0, All_Partition, const MyType> (*this,vertexMarker_,level,proc);
   }