diff --git a/opm/material/fluidmatrixinteractions/EclEpsGridProperties.hpp b/opm/material/fluidmatrixinteractions/EclEpsGridProperties.hpp
index e6e87fbfc..c1dd5109b 100644
--- a/opm/material/fluidmatrixinteractions/EclEpsGridProperties.hpp
+++ b/opm/material/fluidmatrixinteractions/EclEpsGridProperties.hpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ namespace Opm {
  * keywords.
  */
 
+#if HAVE_ECL_INPUT
 namespace {
 
 std::vector<double> try_get(const FieldPropsManager& fp, const std::string& keyword) {
@@ -62,8 +63,7 @@ std::vector<double> try_get(const FieldPropsManager& fp, const std::string& keyw
 }
 
 }
-
-
+#endif
 
 class EclEpsGridProperties
 {