diff --git a/NumLib/DOF/MeshComponentMap.cpp b/NumLib/DOF/MeshComponentMap.cpp
index e2b00bfd1bf8c35360be44bc374e407a44915b85..2ca546d924b4df47b2866a9a95106afc8081be40 100644
--- a/NumLib/DOF/MeshComponentMap.cpp
+++ b/NumLib/DOF/MeshComponentMap.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ MeshComponentMap::MeshComponentMap(
     }
 
     // construct dict (and here we number global_index by component type)
-    std::size_t cell_index = 0;
     int comp_id = 0;
     _num_global_dof = 0;
     _num_local_dof = 0;