diff --git a/fem/common/basefunctions.hh b/fem/common/basefunctions.hh
index ba84a6e84c6be05e43037858fbe6cefb19f00093..e5c8e9fba4e7a91b95a7d958ae6f16b224e01568 100644
--- a/fem/common/basefunctions.hh
+++ b/fem/common/basefunctions.hh
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 
 #include <dune/common/mapping.hh>
 #include <dune/common/matrix.hh>
-#include <dune/fem/feop/spmatrix.hh>
-
-#include <dune/quadrature/fixedorder.hh>
 
 namespace Dune {
 
@@ -215,10 +212,6 @@ namespace Dune {
 
     typedef typename FunctionSpaceType::RangeFieldType DofType;
 
-    //typedef SparseRowMatrix<DofType> MatrixType;
-    //typedef Matrix<DofType> MatrixType;
-    // typedef QuadratureOld<DofType, DomainType> QuadratureType;
-
   public:
     //! set the default diffVar Types
     BaseFunctionSetDefault () :