NOAA-GFDL · FlorianDeconinck · Jan 19, 2026 · Jan 6, 2026
diff --git a/docs/docstrings/comm/null_comm.md b/docs/docstrings/comm/null_comm.md
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ nav:
           - "decomposition": docstrings/comm/decomposition.md
           - "local_comm": docstrings/comm/local_comm.md
           - "mpi": docstrings/comm/mpi.md
-          - "null_comm": docstrings/comm/null_comm.md
           - "partitioner": docstrings/comm/partitioner.md
       - debug:
           - "config": docstrings/debug/config.md

diff --git a/ndsl/__init__.py b/ndsl/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from .comm.communicator import CubedSphereCommunicator, TileCommunicator
 from .comm.local_comm import LocalComm
 from .comm.mpi import MPIComm
-from .comm.null_comm import NullComm
 from .comm.partitioner import CubedSpherePartitioner, TilePartitioner
 from .constants import ConstantVersions
 from .dsl.caches.codepath import FV3CodePath
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@
     "TileCommunicator",
     "LocalComm",
     "MPIComm",
-    "NullComm",
     "CubedSpherePartitioner",
     "TilePartitioner",
     "ConstantVersions",

diff --git a/ndsl/comm/null_comm.py b/ndsl/comm/null_comm.py
diff --git a/tests/test_null_comm.py b/tests/test_null_comm.py