diff --git a/dune/stuff/common/math.hh b/dune/stuff/common/math.hh
index b687e2bd7475a4c13a8e23c8656bfb92b47c820b..f1ce16664703e73de710b4ead8308ca71ff584c9 100644
--- a/dune/stuff/common/math.hh
+++ b/dune/stuff/common/math.hh
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <iostream>
 
 #include <dune/common/deprecated.hh>
-#include <dune/common/static_assert.hh>
 
 #include <boost/static_assert.hpp>
 #include <boost/fusion/include/void.hpp>
@@ -63,9 +62,9 @@ namespace Common {
 template <class SomeRangeType, class OtherRangeType>
 static double colonProduct(const SomeRangeType& arg1, const OtherRangeType& arg2)
 {
-  dune_static_assert(SomeRangeType::cols == SomeRangeType::rows && OtherRangeType::cols == OtherRangeType::rows
-                         && int(OtherRangeType::cols) == int(SomeRangeType::rows),
-                     "RangeTypes_dont_fit");
+  static_assert(SomeRangeType::cols == SomeRangeType::rows && OtherRangeType::cols == OtherRangeType::rows
+                    && int(OtherRangeType::cols) == int(SomeRangeType::rows),
+                "RangeTypes_dont_fit");
 
   double ret = 0.0;
   // iterators
@@ -190,8 +189,8 @@ public:
   template <class stl_container_type>
   MinMaxAvg(const stl_container_type& elements)
   {
-    dune_static_assert((boost::is_same<ElementType, typename stl_container_type::value_type>::value),
-                       "cannot assign mismatching types");
+    static_assert((boost::is_same<ElementType, typename stl_container_type::value_type>::value),
+                  "cannot assign mismatching types");
     acc_ = std::for_each(elements.begin(), elements.end(), acc_);
   }
 
diff --git a/dune/stuff/common/matrix.hh b/dune/stuff/common/matrix.hh
index b23e59816041199aeb11fbd4fee891841e1c4af1..d05bb90a0cb172cedb5d839d5c990b60aa31ddd0 100644
--- a/dune/stuff/common/matrix.hh
+++ b/dune/stuff/common/matrix.hh
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 // dune-common
 #include <dune/common/densematrix.hh>
 
-#include <dune/common/static_assert.hh>
 #include <dune/stuff/common/debug.hh>
 #include <dune/stuff/common/math.hh>
 
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ class MatrixDiagonal : public FieldVector<typename FieldMatrixType::field_type,
 public:
   MatrixDiagonal(const FieldMatrixType& matrix)
   {
-    dune_static_assert(FieldMatrixType::rows == FieldMatrixType::cols, "Matrix must be square!");
+    static_assert(FieldMatrixType::rows == FieldMatrixType::cols, "Matrix must be square!");
     // CompileTimeChecker< FieldMatrixType::rows == FieldMatrixType::cols > matrix_must_be_square;
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < FieldMatrixType::rows; i++)
diff --git a/dune/stuff/common/misc.hh b/dune/stuff/common/misc.hh
index 1d7fb751feb77d399e561ee452c44f72e31fc707..900c097bcea4d992a09eba5b546c2bf5dffebb81 100644
--- a/dune/stuff/common/misc.hh
+++ b/dune/stuff/common/misc.hh
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <dune/common/version.hh>
 #include <dune/common/array.hh>
-#include <dune/common/static_assert.hh>
 #include <dune/common/deprecated.hh>
 #include <dune/common/exceptions.hh>
 
diff --git a/dune/stuff/common/string.hh b/dune/stuff/common/string.hh
index deea0fd058887621f9938f2ff27c924bf33bfd2e..28048c8873a43a1eaddd6cc3435973c37a527b47 100644
--- a/dune/stuff/common/string.hh
+++ b/dune/stuff/common/string.hh
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 #include <dune/common/array.hh>
 #include <dune/common/deprecated.hh>
-#include <dune/common/static_assert.hh>
 #include <ostream>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <vector>