diff --git a/src/Field/BareField.h b/src/Field/BareField.h
index 6ff4a5e01..33908ef53 100644
--- a/src/Field/BareField.h
+++ b/src/Field/BareField.h
@@ -199,27 +199,6 @@ namespace ippl {
          */
         void write(Inform& inf) const;
 
-        /*!
-         * Print the rank local BareField.
-         * @param out stream
-         */
-        void write_as_list(std::ostream& out = std::cout) const;
-
-        /*!
-         * Print the rank local BareField.
-         * @param inf Inform object
-         */
-        void write_as_list(Inform& inf) const;
-
-        /*!
-         * Stream opreator to print the rank local BareField.
-         */
-        friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out,
-                                        const BareField<T, Dim, ViewArgs...>& field) {
-            field.write_as_list(out);
-            return out;
-        }
-
         T sum(int nghost = 0) const;
         T max(int nghost = 0) const;
         T min(int nghost = 0) const;
diff --git a/src/Field/BareField.hpp b/src/Field/BareField.hpp
index 73a414fe5..511a4ee3d 100644
--- a/src/Field/BareField.hpp
+++ b/src/Field/BareField.hpp
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 // Class BareField
 //   A BareField consists of multple LFields and represents a field.
 //
-
-#ifndef IPPL_BARE_FIELD_HPP
-#define IPPL_BARE_FIELD_HPP
 #include "Ippl.h"
 
 #include <Kokkos_ReductionIdentity.hpp>
@@ -16,8 +13,6 @@
 
 #include "Utility/Inform.h"
 #include "Utility/IpplInfo.h"
-
-#include "BareField.h"
 namespace Kokkos {
     template <typename T, unsigned Dim>
     struct reduction_identity<ippl::Vector<T, Dim>> {
@@ -196,7 +191,7 @@ namespace ippl {
     template <typename T, unsigned Dim, class... ViewArgs>
     void BareField<T, Dim, ViewArgs...>::write(std::ostream& out) const {
         Kokkos::fence();
-        detail::write<T, Dim, ViewArgs...>(dview_m, out);
+        detail::write<T, Dim>(dview_m, out);
     }
 
     template <typename T, unsigned Dim, class... ViewArgs>
@@ -204,17 +199,6 @@ namespace ippl {
         write(inf.getDestination());
     }
 
-    template <typename T, unsigned Dim, class... ViewArgs>
-    void BareField<T, Dim, ViewArgs...>::write_as_list(std::ostream& out) const {
-        Kokkos::fence();
-        detail::write_as_list<T, Dim, ViewArgs...>(dview_m, out);
-    }
-
-    template <typename T, unsigned Dim, class... ViewArgs>
-    void BareField<T, Dim, ViewArgs...>::write_as_list(Inform& inf) const {
-        write_as_list(inf.getDestination());
-    }
-
 #define DefineReduction(fun, name, op, MPI_Op)                                                 \
     template <typename T, unsigned Dim, class... ViewArgs>                                     \
     T BareField<T, Dim, ViewArgs...>::name(int nghost) const {                                 \
@@ -239,4 +223,3 @@ namespace ippl {
     DefineReduction(Prod, prod, valL *= myVal, std::multiplies)
 
 }  // namespace ippl
-#endif  // IPPL_BARE_FIELD_HPP
diff --git a/src/Utility/ViewUtils.h b/src/Utility/ViewUtils.h
index d64e0f928..f03ae5a21 100644
--- a/src/Utility/ViewUtils.h
+++ b/src/Utility/ViewUtils.h
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 
 #include <Kokkos_Core.hpp>
 
-#include <iostream>
-
 #include "Types/ViewTypes.h"
 
 namespace ippl {
@@ -101,52 +99,6 @@ namespace ippl {
                 });
         }
 
-        /*!
-         * Recursive implementation to write a view in list format to output stream
-         * @tparam Dim
-         *
-         * @param view
-         * @param out stream
-         */
-        template <unsigned Dim>
-        void write_as_list_impl(const auto view, std::ostream& out = std::cout) {
-            auto N = view.extent(0);
-            out << "[";
-            for (std::size_t i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
-                if constexpr (Dim == 1) {
-                    out << view(i);
-                } else {
-                    auto make_subview = [&]<std::size_t... Is>(std::index_sequence<Is...>) {
-                        return Kokkos::subview(view, i, (static_cast<void>(Is), Kokkos::ALL)...);
-                    };
-
-                    auto subview = make_subview(std::make_index_sequence<Dim - 1>());
-                    write_as_list_impl<Dim - 1>(subview, out);
-                }
-                if (i != N - 1)
-                    out << ", ";
-            }
-            out << "]";
-        };
-
-        /*!
-         * Writes a view to an output stream in folded list format
-         * @tparam T view data type
-         * @tparam Dim view dimension
-         * @tparam Properties further template parameters of Kokkos
-         *
-         * @param view to write
-         * @param out stream
-         */
-        template <typename T, unsigned Dim, class... Properties>
-        void write_as_list(const typename ViewType<T, Dim, Properties...>::view_type& view,
-                           std::ostream& out = std::cout) {
-            auto hview =
-                Kokkos::create_mirror_view_and_copy(Kokkos::DefaultHostExecutionSpace(), view);
-
-            write_as_list_impl<Dim>(hview, out);
-        }
-
         /*!
          * Utility function for shrinkView
          */
diff --git a/unit_tests/BareField/BareField.cpp b/unit_tests/BareField/BareField.cpp
index 9e7690ee7..fe439dc6f 100644
--- a/unit_tests/BareField/BareField.cpp
+++ b/unit_tests/BareField/BareField.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 #include <Kokkos_MathematicalConstants.hpp>
 #include <Kokkos_MathematicalFunctions.hpp>
 #include <cstring>
-#include <sstream>
+
+#include "Utility/TypeUtils.h"
 
 #include "TestUtils.h"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
@@ -258,62 +259,6 @@ TYPED_TEST(BareFieldTest, AllFuncs) {
     });
 }
 
-TYPED_TEST(BareFieldTest, write_as_list) {
-    using T                       = typename TestFixture::value_type;
-    using ExecSpace               = typename TestFixture::exec_space;
-    constexpr static unsigned Dim = TestFixture::dim;
-
-    if constexpr (Dim == 2) {
-        // not implemented for MPI Communicators greater than two
-        if (ippl::Comm->size() <= 2) {
-            // 2D, 2x2 Field
-            ippl::FieldLayout<Dim> layout(ippl::Comm->getCommunicator(),
-                                          ippl::NDIndex<Dim>(ippl::Vector<unsigned, Dim>(2)),
-                                          std::array<bool, Dim>{true});
-            ippl::BareField<T, Dim, Kokkos::LayoutRight, ExecSpace> field(layout, 0);
-
-            auto view = field.getView();
-            auto hview =
-                Kokkos::create_mirror_view_and_copy(Kokkos::DefaultHostExecutionSpace(), view);
-
-            if (layout.comm.size() == 1) {
-                hview(0, 0) = 1;
-                hview(0, 1) = 2;
-                hview(1, 0) = 3;
-                hview(1, 1) = 4;
-            } else if (layout.comm.size() == 2) {
-                if (layout.comm.rank() == 0) {
-                    hview(0, 0) = 1;
-                    hview(0, 1) = 2;
-                }
-                if (layout.comm.rank() == 1) {
-                    hview(0, 0) = 3;
-                    hview(0, 1) = 4;
-                }
-            }
-
-            Kokkos::deep_copy(view, hview);
-
-            std::ostringstream ss;
-            field.write_as_list(ss);
-
-            if (layout.comm.size() == 1) {
-                ASSERT_STREQ(ss.str().c_str(), "[[1, 2], [3, 4]]");
-            } else if (layout.comm.size() == 2) {
-                if (layout.comm.rank() == 0) {
-                    ASSERT_STREQ(ss.str().c_str(), "[[1, 2]]");
-                }
-                if (layout.comm.rank() == 1) {
-                    ASSERT_STREQ(ss.str().c_str(), "[[3, 4]]");
-                }
-            } else
-                GTEST_SKIP();
-        } else
-            GTEST_SKIP();
-    } else
-        GTEST_SKIP();
-}
-
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     int success = 1;
     ippl::initialize(argc, argv);