diff --git a/src/cell.c b/src/cell.c
index 585aa65acb5c0d00439e65970e666e838f8b8659..94f8c4a10520936cc862807e390bd6a08cea7dba 100644
--- a/src/cell.c
+++ b/src/cell.c
@@ -2295,8 +2295,6 @@ int cell_unskip_gravity_tasks(struct cell *c, struct scheduler *s) {
   if (c->nodeID == nodeID && cell_is_active_gravity(c, e)) {
 
     if (c->init_grav != NULL) scheduler_activate(s, c->init_grav);
-    if (c->grav_ghost_in != NULL) scheduler_activate(s, c->grav_ghost_in);
-    if (c->grav_ghost_out != NULL) scheduler_activate(s, c->grav_ghost_out);
     if (c->kick1 != NULL) scheduler_activate(s, c->kick1);
     if (c->kick2 != NULL) scheduler_activate(s, c->kick2);
     if (c->timestep != NULL) scheduler_activate(s, c->timestep);
diff --git a/src/cell.h b/src/cell.h
index 3be2bb81c45f5c4a23bb930b52d2a6667879f458..e53bf7e305c78df4af1a093a2fff4c9689d94ef2 100644
--- a/src/cell.h
+++ b/src/cell.h
@@ -255,9 +255,6 @@ struct cell {
   /*! The task to compute time-steps */
   struct task *timestep;
 
-  /*! Task linking the FFT mesh to the rest of gravity tasks */
-  struct task *grav_ghost_in, *grav_ghost_out;
-
   /*! Task computing long range non-periodic gravity interactions */
   struct task *grav_long_range;
 
diff --git a/src/space.c b/src/space.c
index e80cc37190452013bdf4a29da7bd1ebae9fa2c2a..f52715260ac6651fd8b9d825e6676f5343309b0c 100644
--- a/src/space.c
+++ b/src/space.c
@@ -187,8 +187,6 @@ void space_rebuild_recycle_mapper(void *map_data, int num_elements,
     c->drift_gpart = NULL;
     c->cooling = NULL;
     c->sourceterms = NULL;
-    c->grav_ghost_in = NULL;
-    c->grav_ghost_out = NULL;
     c->grav_long_range = NULL;
     c->grav_down = NULL;
     c->super = c;