diff --git a/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMesh.C b/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMesh.C
index 3342910ab199295d086bd0176dcc742eba697be4..544f66035f7e62a3531362c036a7378b66491e84 100644
--- a/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMesh.C
+++ b/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMesh.C
@@ -331,54 +331,6 @@ Foam::fvMesh::fvMesh(const IOobject& io)
 }
 
 
-Foam::fvMesh::fvMesh
-(
-    const IOobject& io,
-    const Xfer<pointField>& points,
-    const cellShapeList& shapes,
-    const faceListList& boundaryFaces,
-    const wordList& boundaryPatchNames,
-    const PtrList<dictionary>& boundaryDicts,
-    const word& defaultBoundaryPatchName,
-    const word& defaultBoundaryPatchType,
-    const bool syncPar
-)
-:
-    polyMesh
-    (
-        io,
-        points,
-        shapes,
-        boundaryFaces,
-        boundaryPatchNames,
-        boundaryDicts,
-        defaultBoundaryPatchName,
-        defaultBoundaryPatchType,
-        syncPar
-    ),
-    surfaceInterpolation(*this),
-    fvSchemes(static_cast<const objectRegistry&>(*this)),
-    fvSolution(static_cast<const objectRegistry&>(*this)),
-    data(static_cast<const objectRegistry&>(*this)),
-    boundary_(*this, boundaryMesh()),
-    lduPtr_(nullptr),
-    curTimeIndex_(time().timeIndex()),
-    VPtr_(nullptr),
-    V0Ptr_(nullptr),
-    V00Ptr_(nullptr),
-    SfPtr_(nullptr),
-    magSfPtr_(nullptr),
-    CPtr_(nullptr),
-    CfPtr_(nullptr),
-    phiPtr_(nullptr)
-{
-    if (debug)
-    {
-        InfoInFunction << "Constructing fvMesh from cellShapes" << endl;
-    }
-}
-
-
 Foam::fvMesh::fvMesh
 (
     const IOobject& io,
diff --git a/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMesh.H b/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMesh.H
index 3625af35f73860626529078437f68823718df54e..94a6f68f21d118ba5c2a1ee744830e0948f90c85 100644
--- a/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMesh.H
+++ b/src/finiteVolume/fvMesh/fvMesh.H
@@ -157,10 +157,10 @@ class fvMesh
 
 
         //- Disallow construct as copy
-        fvMesh(const fvMesh&);
+        fvMesh(const fvMesh&) = delete;
 
         //- Disallow assignment
-        void operator=(const fvMesh&);
+        void operator=(const fvMesh&) = delete;
 
 
 public:
@@ -180,20 +180,6 @@ public:
         //- Construct from IOobject
         explicit fvMesh(const IOobject& io);
 
-        //- Construct from cellShapes with boundary.
-        fvMesh
-        (
-            const IOobject& io,
-            const Xfer<pointField>& points,
-            const cellShapeList& shapes,
-            const faceListList& boundaryFaces,
-            const wordList& boundaryPatchNames,
-            const PtrList<dictionary>& boundaryDicts,
-            const word& defaultBoundaryPatchName,
-            const word& defaultBoundaryPatchType,
-            const bool syncPar = true
-        );
-
         //- Construct from components without boundary.
         //  Boundary is added using addFvPatches() member function
         fvMesh