diff --git a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.cpp b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.cpp
index ee33fb7db6646d9912916a07c3717fee729ccd6b..2264e9ffa1a61b7591aacf664d3b79a2d2b6556c 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.cpp
+++ b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.cpp
@@ -518,29 +518,6 @@ void NodeWiseMeshPartitioner::writeASCII(const std::string& file_name_base)
     writeNodesASCII(file_name_base);
 }
 
-void NodeWiseMeshPartitioner::resetGlobalNodeIndices()
-{
-    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < _mesh->_nodes.size(); i++)
-    {
-        _mesh->_nodes[i]->setID(_nodes_global_ids[i]);
-    }
-    // sort
-    std::sort(_mesh->_nodes.begin(), _mesh->_nodes.end(),
-              [](const MeshLib::Node* a, const MeshLib::Node* b) {
-                  return a->getID() < b->getID();
-              });
-}
-
-void NodeWiseMeshPartitioner::writeGlobalMeshVTU(
-    const std::string& file_name_base)
-{
-    resetGlobalNodeIndices();
-    MeshLib::IO::VtuInterface writer(_mesh.get());
-    const std::string npartitions_str = std::to_string(_npartitions);
-    writer.writeToFile(file_name_base + "_node_id_renumbered_partitions_" +
-                       npartitions_str + ".vtu");
-}
-
 void NodeWiseMeshPartitioner::getElementIntegerVariables(
     const MeshLib::Element& elem,
     const std::vector<IntegerType>& local_node_ids,
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.h b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.h
index c1505252263b5912773eafccc2afc8a78fcbe734..7f86d5f6eae379c6a8ab3ecc1cb979c4deba4879 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.h
+++ b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/NodeWiseMeshPartitioner.h
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ public:
     /// interpolation
     void partitionByMETIS(const bool is_mixed_high_order_linear_elems);
 
-    void resetGlobalNodeIndices();
-
     /// Read metis data
     /// \param file_name_base The prefix of the file name.
     void readMetisData(const std::string& file_name_base);
@@ -82,10 +80,6 @@ public:
     /// \param file_name_base The prefix of the file name.
     void writeBinary(const std::string& file_name_base);
 
-    /// Write the global mesh into a VTU file
-    /// \param file_name_base The prefix of the file name.
-    void writeGlobalMeshVTU(const std::string& file_name_base);
-
 private:
     /// Number of partitions.
     IntegerType _npartitions;
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/PartitionMesh.cpp b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/PartitionMesh.cpp
index 3b6d8acfe6459d4c1ef86fa017cce095df143f65..69f5121ccd7f5ba80842836b0fca9edcc992e0f9 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/PartitionMesh.cpp
+++ b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/PartitionMesh/PartitionMesh.cpp
@@ -134,9 +134,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
             INFO("Write the data of partitions into binary files ...");
             mesh_partitioner.writeBinary(file_name_base);
         }
-
-        INFO("Write the mesh with renumbered node indices into VTU ...");
-        mesh_partitioner.writeGlobalMeshVTU(file_name_base);
     }
 
     INFO("Total runtime: %g s.", run_timer.elapsed());