diff --git a/external/gt4py b/external/gt4py
index 2e96fc08..7c74e715 160000
--- a/external/gt4py
+++ b/external/gt4py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2e96fc08b55f7fa596a7a3d506f2cf18c3fcd349
+Subproject commit 7c74e71542993354216df6254b4d02ed7500c732
diff --git a/ndsl/stencils/testing/test_translate.py b/ndsl/stencils/testing/test_translate.py
index a4068269..091db5f6 100644
--- a/ndsl/stencils/testing/test_translate.py
+++ b/ndsl/stencils/testing/test_translate.py
@@ -315,14 +315,12 @@ def test_sequential_savepoint(
 
 def get_communicator(comm, layout):
     partitioner = CubedSpherePartitioner(TilePartitioner(layout))
-    communicator = CubedSphereCommunicator(comm, partitioner)
-    return communicator
+    return CubedSphereCommunicator(comm, partitioner)
 
 
 def get_tile_communicator(comm, layout):
     partitioner = TilePartitioner(layout)
-    communicator = TileCommunicator(comm, partitioner)
-    return communicator
+    return TileCommunicator(comm, partitioner)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parallel