diff --git a/src/Decomposition/Distribution/metis_util.hpp b/src/Decomposition/Distribution/metis_util.hpp
index a897cc2ea7748bdfbae0b0c9a54dd6296848cd30..3b3129a3d4627567220cfabc25eeff44f834e09a 100644
--- a/src/Decomposition/Distribution/metis_util.hpp
+++ b/src/Decomposition/Distribution/metis_util.hpp
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ public:
 	 * \param tol tolerance
 	 *
 	 */
-	const void setDistTol(real_t tol)
+	void setDistTol(real_t tol)
 	{
 		dist_tol = tol;
 	}