diff --git a/dune/gdt/playground/spaces/dg/pdelab.hh b/dune/gdt/playground/spaces/dg/pdelab.hh
index cc3a2cedcbf4554a4a5789ac64bd6ad1bad99616..becd7af4a148c0ddb3bc5010eb004eca805bc4be 100644
--- a/dune/gdt/playground/spaces/dg/pdelab.hh
+++ b/dune/gdt/playground/spaces/dg/pdelab.hh
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ public:
   typedef PdelabBased<GridViewImp, polynomialOrder, RangeFieldImp, rangeDim, rangeDimCols> derived_type;
   typedef GridViewImp GridViewType;
   static const int polOrder = polynomialOrder;
-  // using this space for the QuadraticSpaces in test/products_l2weighted.cc results in a test failure
-  static_assert(polOrder == 1, "This space is known to fail for higher polynomial orders!");
 
 private:
   typedef typename GridViewType::ctype DomainFieldType;