diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/meshclass.hpp b/libsrc/meshing/meshclass.hpp
index 1bea4a7d..83f28c89 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/meshclass.hpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/meshclass.hpp
@@ -917,9 +917,6 @@ namespace netgen
     /// loads a mesh sent from master processor
     void ReceiveParallelMesh ();
 
-    NgArray<int> vol_partition;
-    NgArray<int> surf_partition;
-    NgArray<int> seg_partition;
     
 #else
     void ParallelMetis (int /* nproc */) {}
@@ -929,6 +926,10 @@ namespace netgen
       NgArray<int> & segment_weights){ }
 #endif
 
+    NgArray<int> vol_partition;
+    NgArray<int> surf_partition;
+    NgArray<int> seg_partition;
+
     shared_ptr<Mesh> Mirror( netgen::Point<3> p, Vec<3> n );
 
     private: