diff --git a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
index 47733c5b9..c424f6533 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 #include "ParallelRestart.hpp"
 #include <opm/common/OpmLog/Location.hpp>
-#include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/EclipseConfig.hpp>
 #include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Runspec.hpp>
 #include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/IOConfig/RestartConfig.hpp>
 #include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/ActionAST.hpp>
@@ -1477,13 +1476,6 @@ std::size_t packSize(const GuideRateConfig::GroupTarget& data,
            packSize(data.target, comm);
 }
 
-std::size_t packSize(const EclipseConfig& data,
-                     Dune::MPIHelper::MPICommunicator comm)
-{
-    return packSize(data.init(), comm) +
-           packSize(data.io(), comm);
-}
-
 std::size_t packSize(const SolventDensityTable& data,
                      Dune::MPIHelper::MPICommunicator comm)
 {
@@ -2907,14 +2899,6 @@ void pack(const GuideRateConfig::GroupTarget& data,
     pack(data.target, buffer, position, comm);
 }
 
-void pack(const EclipseConfig& data,
-          std::vector<char>& buffer, int& position,
-          Dune::MPIHelper::MPICommunicator comm)
-{
-    pack(data.init(), buffer, position, comm);
-    pack(data.io(), buffer, position, comm);
-}
-
 void pack(const SolventDensityTable& data,
           std::vector<char>& buffer, int& position,
           Dune::MPIHelper::MPICommunicator comm)
@@ -4920,18 +4904,6 @@ void unpack(GuideRateConfig::GroupTarget& data,
     unpack(data.target, buffer, position, comm);
 }
 
-void unpack(EclipseConfig& data,
-            std::vector<char>& buffer, int& position,
-            Dune::MPIHelper::MPICommunicator comm)
-{
-    InitConfig init;
-    IOConfig io;
-
-    unpack(init, buffer, position, comm);
-    unpack(io, buffer, position, comm);
-    data = EclipseConfig(init, io);
-}
-
 void unpack(SolventDensityTable& data, std::vector<char>& buffer, int& position,
             Dune::MPIHelper::MPICommunicator comm)
 {
diff --git a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp
index 71222f605..55ac34756 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ class DENSITYRecord;
 class DensityTable;
 class Dimension;
 class EclHysterConfig;
-class EclipseConfig;
 class Eqldims;
 class EndpointScaling;
 class Events;
@@ -511,7 +510,6 @@ ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(DenT)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(DenT::entry)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(Dimension)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(EclHysterConfig)
-ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(EclipseConfig)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(EndpointScaling)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(Eqldims)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(Events)
diff --git a/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp b/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
index 60f1fff1b..7fa76ed78 100644
--- a/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
@@ -2267,7 +2267,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(EclipseConfig)
                          true, true, true, 20, "test1");
     Opm::EclipseConfig val1{init, io};
 
-    auto val2 = PackUnpack(val1);
+    auto val2 = PackUnpack2(val1);
     DO_CHECKS(EclipseConfig)
 #endif
 }