diff --git a/src/dg.cc b/src/dg.cc
index 8a50902881a79002dffe90694f1558b27ac42c66..540ab9c2c19875f40ffa13a335fdbc7703adcf27 100644
--- a/src/dg.cc
+++ b/src/dg.cc
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <type_traits>
 
-#include <dune/common/parallel/mpihelper.hh>
 #include <dune/common/exceptions.hh>
 #include <dune/common/parametertree.hh>
 #include <dune/common/parametertreeparser.hh>
@@ -45,9 +44,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     using Mapper = typename Dune::MultipleCodimMultipleGeomTypeMapper<GridView>;
     using Coordinate = Dune::FieldVector<double, dim>;
 
-    //Message Passing Interface (MPI) for parallel computation
-    Dune::MPIHelper::instance(argc, argv);
-
     //get parameters from file "parameterDG.ini"
     Dune::ParameterTree pt;
     Dune::ParameterTreeParser::readINITree("parameterDG.ini", pt);