diff --git a/dumux/parallel/CMakeLists.txt b/dumux/parallel/CMakeLists.txt
index f773c82b7c9b160eb8d110c1efec1dc6c14046fc..0c53ec92fdd8a3d8b8b6a8c399a4a5dcca4ccf61 100644
--- a/dumux/parallel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dumux/parallel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 install(FILES
 vectorcommdatahandle.hh
-vertexhandles.hh
 DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/dumux/parallel)
diff --git a/dumux/parallel/vertexhandles.hh b/dumux/parallel/vertexhandles.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index e6b014acca7d4e82567b580e55cdca3e1f57caca..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/dumux/parallel/vertexhandles.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-// -*- mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
-// vi: set et ts=4 sw=4 sts=4:
-/*****************************************************************************
- *   See the file COPYING for full copying permissions.                      *
- *                                                                           *
- *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify    *
- *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by    *
- *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or       *
- *   (at your option) any later version.                                     *
- *                                                                           *
- *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,         *
- *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of          *
- *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the            *
- *   GNU General Public License for more details.                            *
- *                                                                           *
- *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License       *
- *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.   *
- *****************************************************************************/
-/*!
- * \file
- * \ingroup Parallel
- * \brief Provides data handles for parallel communication which operate on vertices
- * \note This is useful for schemes with degrees of freedom on vertices (box scheme)
- */
-#ifndef DUMUX_VERTEX_HANDLES_HH
-#define DUMUX_VERTEX_HANDLES_HH
-
-#warning "This header is deprecated and will be removed after release 3.2. Use parallel/vectorcommdatahandle.hh"
-
-#include "vectorcommdatahandle.hh"
-
-
-namespace Dumux {
-
-    template<class FieldType, class Container, class VertexMapper>
-    class [[deprecated("Use VectorCommDataHandleSum<VertexMapper, Container, entityCodim> instead.")]] VertexHandleSum : public VectorCommDataHandleSum<VertexMapper, Container, 0/*dummy*/>
-    {
-        using ParentType = VectorCommDataHandleSum<VertexMapper, Container, 0/*dummy*/>;
-    public:
-        VertexHandleSum(Container &container,
-                        const VertexMapper &mapper)
-            : ParentType(mapper, container)
-        { };
-
-        bool contains(int dim, int codim) const
-        {
-            // only communicate vertices
-            return codim == dim;
-        }
-    };
-
-    template<class FieldType, class Container, class VertexMapper>
-    class [[deprecated("Use VectorCommDataHandleMax<VertexMapper, Container, entityCodim> instead.")]] VertexHandleMax : public VectorCommDataHandleMax<VertexMapper, Container, 0/*dummy*/>
-    {
-        using ParentType = VectorCommDataHandleMax<VertexMapper, Container, 0/*dummy*/>;
-    public:
-        VertexHandleMax(Container &container,
-                        const VertexMapper &mapper)
-            : ParentType(mapper, container)
-        { };
-
-        bool contains(int dim, int codim) const
-        {
-            // only communicate vertices
-            return codim == dim;
-        }
-    };
-
-    template<class FieldType, class Container, class VertexMapper>
-    class [[deprecated("Use VectorCommDataHandleMin<VertexMapper, Container, entityCodim> instead.")]] VertexHandleMin : public VectorCommDataHandleMin<VertexMapper, Container, 0/*dummy*/>
-    {
-        using ParentType = VectorCommDataHandleMin<VertexMapper, Container, 0/*dummy*/>;
-    public:
-        VertexHandleMin(Container &container,
-                        const VertexMapper &mapper)
-            : ParentType(mapper, container)
-        { };
-
-        bool contains(int dim, int codim) const
-        {
-            // only communicate vertices
-            return codim == dim;
-        }
-    };
-} // end namespace Dumux
-
-#endif