diff --git a/common/tuples.hh b/common/tuples.hh
index d79719cc76cddd9d73581a16a311b7c2b39cbf6f..c9bce4e8018255052c05559753e2a22bcaccb490 100644
--- a/common/tuples.hh
+++ b/common/tuples.hh
@@ -390,9 +390,6 @@ namespace Dune {
 
 #endif
 
-  // be backwards compatible
-#define Tuple tuple
-
 #ifdef HAVE_TUPLE
   using std::tuple_element;
 #elif defined HAVE_TR1_TUPLE