diff --git a/dune/stuff/common/print.hh b/dune/stuff/common/print.hh
index a41d71a8c0fb5e236340052b0e30fc6934e40344..e76088029b42489d2935aefc5a0f59cf629f4f77 100644
--- a/dune/stuff/common/print.hh
+++ b/dune/stuff/common/print.hh
@@ -24,10 +24,8 @@
 
 // dune-stuff
 #include <dune/stuff/common/parameter/configcontainer.hh>
-#include <dune/stuff/fem/functions/checks.hh>
 #include <dune/stuff/common/filesystem.hh>
 #include <dune/stuff/common/string.hh>
-//#include <dune/istl/bcrsmatrix.hh>
 
 namespace Dune {
 namespace Stuff {
@@ -446,23 +444,6 @@ private:
   const std::string name_;
 };
 
-#ifdef HAVE_DUNE_FEM
-/** print min/max of a given DiscreteFucntion obtained by Stuff::getMinMaxOfDiscreteFunction
-   * \note hardcoded mult of values by sqrt(2)
-   **/
-template <class Function>
-void printFunctionMinMax(std::ostream& stream, const Function& func)
-{
-  double min = 0.0;
-  double max = 0.0;
-
-  Dune::Stuff::Fem::getMinMaxOfDiscreteFunction(func, min, max);
-  stream << "  - " << func.name() << std::endl
-         << "    min: " << std::sqrt(2.0) * min << std::endl
-         << "    max: " << std::sqrt(2.0) * max << std::endl;
-} // printFunctionMinMax
-#endif // HAVE_DUNE_FEM
-
 //! useful for visualizing sparsity patterns of matrices
 template <class Matrix>
 void matrixToGnuplotStream(const Matrix& matrix, std::ostream& stream)
diff --git a/dune/stuff/common/vector.hh b/dune/stuff/common/vector.hh
index fbae73cf3f69e0938592a8c1fb5375123eb3167e..26cfa4268dbe8cbbaad606fff1519a25704f044b 100644
--- a/dune/stuff/common/vector.hh
+++ b/dune/stuff/common/vector.hh
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 #include <dune/common/dynvector.hh>
 #include <dune/common/fvector.hh>
 #include <dune/common/deprecated.hh>
-#include <dune/common/float_cmp.hh>
+
+#include "float_cmp.hh"
 
 namespace Dune {
 namespace Stuff {
@@ -26,12 +27,10 @@ void clear(Dune::DenseVector<VectorImp>& vector)
  *  Applies Dune::FloatCmp::eq() componentwise.
  */
 template <class Field, int size>
-bool float_cmp(const Dune::FieldVector<Field, size>& x, const Dune::FieldVector<Field, size>& y, const Field tol)
+bool DUNE_DEPRECATED_MSG("Use Dune::Stuff::Common::FloatCMP::eq() instead!")
+    float_cmp(const Dune::FieldVector<Field, size>& x, const Dune::FieldVector<Field, size>& y, const Field tol)
 {
-  size_t failure = 0;
-  for (size_t ii = 0; ii < size; ++ii)
-    failure += Dune::FloatCmp::eq(x[ii], y[ii], tol);
-  return !bool(failure);
+  return FloatCmp::eq(x, y, tol);
 }
 
 template <class T>