diff --git a/src/foam/db/IOstreams/Pstreams/Pstream.C b/src/foam/db/IOstreams/Pstreams/Pstream.C
index bb5e9a97e..4a129190c 100644
--- a/src/foam/db/IOstreams/Pstreams/Pstream.C
+++ b/src/foam/db/IOstreams/Pstreams/Pstream.C
@@ -625,17 +625,6 @@ Foam::List<Foam::Pstream::commsStruct> Foam::Pstream::linearCommunication_(0);
 Foam::List<Foam::Pstream::commsStruct> Foam::Pstream::treeCommunication_(0);
 
 
-// Should compact transfer be used in which floats replace doubles
-// reducing the bandwidth requirement at the expense of some loss
-// in accuracy
-const Foam::debug::optimisationSwitch
-Foam::Pstream::floatTransfer
-(
-    "floatTransfer",
-    0
-);
-
-
 // Number of processors at which the reduce algorithm changes from linear to
 // tree
 const Foam::debug::optimisationSwitch
@@ -646,20 +635,6 @@ Foam::Pstream::nProcsSimpleSum
 );
 
 
-// Default commsType
-// Foam::Pstream::commsTypes Foam::Pstream::defaultCommsType
-// (
-//     commsTypeNames
-//     [
-//         debug::optimisationSwitches().lookupOrAddDefault
-//         (
-//             "commsType",
-//             word("blocking")
-//         )
-//     ]
-// );
-
-
 const Foam::debug::optimisationSwitch
 Foam::Pstream::defaultCommsType
 (
diff --git a/src/foam/db/IOstreams/Pstreams/Pstream.H b/src/foam/db/IOstreams/Pstreams/Pstream.H
index 4b29259cc..ccfbd5be0 100644
--- a/src/foam/db/IOstreams/Pstreams/Pstream.H
+++ b/src/foam/db/IOstreams/Pstreams/Pstream.H
@@ -222,11 +222,6 @@ public:
 
     // Static data
 
-        //- Should compact transfer be used in which floats replace doubles
-        //  reducing the bandwidth requirement at the expense of some loss
-        //  in accuracy
-        static const debug::optimisationSwitch floatTransfer;
-
         //- Number of processors at which the sum algorithm changes from linear
         //  to tree
         static const debug::optimisationSwitch nProcsSimpleSum;
@@ -234,6 +229,15 @@ public:
         //- Default commsType
         static const debug::optimisationSwitch defaultCommsType;
 
+        //- Default comms with a cast
+        inline static Pstream::commsTypes defaultComms()
+        {
+            return static_cast<Pstream::commsTypes>
+            (
+                Pstream::defaultCommsType()
+            );
+        }
+
 
     // Constructors
 
diff --git a/src/foam/global/argList/argList.C b/src/foam/global/argList/argList.C
index 6fbc5f472..4247648b4 100644
--- a/src/foam/global/argList/argList.C
+++ b/src/foam/global/argList/argList.C
@@ -633,8 +633,6 @@ Foam::argList::argList
         {
             Info<< "Slaves : " << slaveProcs << nl
                 << "Pstream initialized with:" << nl
-                << "    floatTransfer     : "
-                << Pstream::floatTransfer << nl
                 << "    nProcsSimpleSum   : "
                 << Pstream::nProcsSimpleSum() << nl
                 << "    commsType         : "