1 files changed, 1 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/vespajlib/src/main/java/com/yahoo/tensor/serialization/SparseBinaryFormat.java b/vespajlib/src/main/java/com/yahoo/tensor/serialization/SparseBinaryFormat.java
index 30b36e83457..8ab23c8d77c 100644
--- a/vespajlib/src/main/java/com/yahoo/tensor/serialization/SparseBinaryFormat.java
+++ b/vespajlib/src/main/java/com/yahoo/tensor/serialization/SparseBinaryFormat.java
@@ -54,24 +54,12 @@ class SparseBinaryFormat implements BinaryFormat {
 
     @Override
     public Tensor decode(TensorType type, GrowableByteBuffer buffer) {
-        if (type == null) // TODO (January 2017): Remove this when types are available
-            type = decodeDimensionsToType(buffer);
-        else
-            consumeAndValidateDimensions(type, buffer);
+        consumeAndValidateDimensions(type, buffer);
         Tensor.Builder builder = Tensor.Builder.of(type);
         decodeCells(buffer, builder, type);
         return builder.build();
     }
 
-    private TensorType decodeDimensionsToType(GrowableByteBuffer buffer) {
-        TensorType.Builder builder = new TensorType.Builder();
-        int numDimensions = buffer.getInt1_4Bytes();
-        for (int i = 0; i < numDimensions; ++i) {
-            builder.mapped(buffer.getUtf8String());
-        }
-        return builder.build();
-    }
-
     private void consumeAndValidateDimensions(TensorType type, GrowableByteBuffer buffer) {
         int dimensionCount = buffer.getInt1_4Bytes();
         if (type.dimensions().size() != dimensionCount)