diff --git a/src/vt-tv/api/object_communicator.h b/src/vt-tv/api/object_communicator.h
index c93801f489..0b99e7e7fe 100644
--- a/src/vt-tv/api/object_communicator.h
+++ b/src/vt-tv/api/object_communicator.h
@@ -50,36 +50,6 @@ struct ObjectCommunicator {
       sent_(sent_in)
   { }
 
-  /**
-   * \brief Summarize one-way communicator properties and check for errors.
-   *
-   * \param[in] direction the direction to summarize edges
-   */
-  std::vector<double> summarizeUnidirectional(std::string direction) const {
-    // Initialize list of volumes
-    std::vector<double> volumes;
-
-    // Iterate over one-way communications
-    std::multimap<ElementIDType, double> communications;
-    if(direction == "to") {
-      communications = this->sent_;
-    } else {
-      communications = this->received_;
-    }
-
-    // for (const auto& [key, value] : communications) {
-    //   sanity check
-    //   if(key->get_id() == this->object_id_) {
-    //     throw nb::index_error(
-    //       "object " + this->object_id_ +
-    //       " cannot send communication to itself.");
-    //   }
-    //   volumes.push_back(value);
-    // }
-
-    return volumes;
-  }
-
   /**
    * \brief Get the id of object for this communicator
    *
@@ -127,19 +97,6 @@ struct ObjectCommunicator {
     return results;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * \brief Summarize communicator properties and check for errors.
-   */
-  std::pair<std::vector<double>, std::vector<double>> summarize() const {
-    // Summarize sent communications
-    std::vector<double> w_sent = this->summarizeUnidirectional("to");
-
-    // Summarize received communications
-    std::vector<double> w_recv = this->summarizeUnidirectional("from");
-
-    return std::make_pair(w_sent, w_recv);
-  }
-
   /**
    * \brief Add received edge
    *
diff --git a/tests/unit/api/test_object_communicator.cc b/tests/unit/api/test_object_communicator.cc
index 5632db083c..6f7d65957c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/api/test_object_communicator.cc
+++ b/tests/unit/api/test_object_communicator.cc
@@ -115,28 +115,6 @@ TEST_F(ObjectCommunicatorTest, test_initial_state) {
   EXPECT_EQ(comm_1.getTotalSentVolume(), 50.0);
 }
 
-/**
- * Test ObjectCommunicator initial state
- */
-TEST_F(ObjectCommunicatorTest, test_summarize_communications_count_empty_communicator) {
-  // std::make_pair(w_sent, w_recv);
-  auto summary = comm_0.summarize();
-  EXPECT_EQ(summary.first.size(), 0);
-  EXPECT_EQ(summary.second.size(), 0);
-}
-
-/**
- * Test ObjectCommunicator initial state
- */
-TEST_F(ObjectCommunicatorTest, test_summarize_communications_count) {
-  GTEST_SKIP() << "ObjectCommunicator::summarize seems in WIP and is never called";
-
-  // std::make_pair(w_sent, w_recv);
-  auto summary = comm_0.summarize();
-  EXPECT_EQ(summary.first.size(), 3);
-  EXPECT_EQ(summary.second.size(), 2);
-}
-
 TEST_F(ObjectCommunicatorTest, test_serialization) {
   BasicSerializer<std::variant<ElementIDType,std::multimap<ElementIDType, double>>> s = BasicSerializer<std::variant<ElementIDType,std::multimap<ElementIDType, double>>>();