diff --git a/GeoLib/Triangle.cpp b/GeoLib/Triangle.cpp
index a6edac30a8517fe8138989cb4b99d532d7b6ed43..f29e4568a54396db9a73fa4771439ae9ad32af8e 100644
--- a/GeoLib/Triangle.cpp
+++ b/GeoLib/Triangle.cpp
@@ -21,15 +21,6 @@
 
 namespace GeoLib {
 
-Triangle::Triangle (std::vector<Point *> const &pnt_vec) :
-    _pnts(pnt_vec), _initialized (false)
-{
-    assert(!_pnts.empty());
-    _pnt_ids[0] = std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max();
-    _pnt_ids[1] = std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max();
-    _pnt_ids[2] = std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max();
-}
-
 Triangle::Triangle (std::vector<Point *> const &pnt_vec,
     std::size_t pnt_a, std::size_t pnt_b, std::size_t pnt_c) :
     _pnts(pnt_vec), _initialized (true)
diff --git a/GeoLib/Triangle.h b/GeoLib/Triangle.h
index 49841436d0b1f06bcdc554a71c78fca7851d6a8c..b137ad69059faf8be8b21d3223335cf28c0e794f 100644
--- a/GeoLib/Triangle.h
+++ b/GeoLib/Triangle.h
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ class Point;
 class Triangle
 {
 public:
-    /**
-     * construction of object, initialization of reference to point vector
-     */
-    Triangle (std::vector<Point *> const &pnt_vec);
-
     /**
      * construction of object, initialization of reference to point vector,
      * saves the three indices describing a triangle
@@ -84,7 +79,6 @@ protected:
     const std::vector<Point*> &_pnts;
     /** position of pointers to the geometric points */
     std::size_t _pnt_ids[3];
-    bool _initialized;
 };
 
 void getPlaneCoefficients(Triangle const& tri, double c[3]);