diff --git a/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/baselb/baselb.h b/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/baselb/baselb.h
index 89424c94f8..299371612d 100644
--- a/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/baselb/baselb.h
+++ b/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/baselb/baselb.h
@@ -71,13 +71,7 @@ struct BaseLB {
   using QuantityType     = std::map<lb::StatisticQuantity, double>;
   using StatisticMapType = std::unordered_map<lb::Statistic, QuantityType>;
 
-  explicit BaseLB(
-    bool in_comm_aware = false,
-    bool in_comm_collectives = false
-  ) : comm_aware_(in_comm_aware),
-      comm_collectives_(in_comm_collectives)
-  { }
-
+  BaseLB() = default;
   BaseLB(BaseLB const &) = delete;
   BaseLB(BaseLB &&) noexcept = default;
   BaseLB &operator=(BaseLB const &) = delete;
@@ -139,8 +133,6 @@ struct BaseLB {
   ElementCommType const* comm_data                = nullptr;
   objgroup::proxy::Proxy<BaseLB> proxy_           = {};
   PhaseType phase_                                = 0;
-  bool comm_aware_                                = false;
-  bool comm_collectives_                          = false;
   std::unique_ptr<balance::SpecEntry> spec_entry_ = nullptr;
   // Observer only - LBManager owns the instance
   balance::LoadModel* load_model_                 = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/baselb/load_sampler.h b/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/baselb/load_sampler.h
index ab73513ea1..d3656223b3 100644
--- a/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/baselb/load_sampler.h
+++ b/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/baselb/load_sampler.h
@@ -59,11 +59,8 @@ struct LoadSamplerBaseLB : BaseLB {
   using ObjSampleType    = std::map<ObjBinType, ObjBinListType>;
 
   explicit LoadSamplerBaseLB(
-    bool in_comm_aware = false,
-    bool in_comm_collectives = false,
     int32_t in_bin_size = default_bin_size
-  ) : BaseLB(in_comm_aware, in_comm_collectives),
-      bin_size_(in_bin_size)
+  ) : bin_size_(in_bin_size)
   { }
 
 public: