diff --git a/kratos/containers/global_pointers_vector.h b/kratos/containers/global_pointers_vector.h
index bb30ed3bb1f6..5faf0fe36474 100644
--- a/kratos/containers/global_pointers_vector.h
+++ b/kratos/containers/global_pointers_vector.h
@@ -199,21 +199,6 @@ class GlobalPointersVector final
         return mData[i];
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @brief Equality comparison operator to check if two GlobalPointersVector objects are equal.
-     * @details This function checks if the sizes are equal and then compares the elements for equality
-     * using the EqualKeyTo() function.
-     * @param r The GlobalPointersVector to compare with.
-     * @return True if the containers are equal, false otherwise.
-     */
-    bool operator==(const GlobalPointersVector& r) const // nothrow
-    {
-        if (size() != r.size())
-            return false;
-        else
-            return std::equal(mData.begin(), mData.end(), r.mData.begin(), this->EqualKeyTo());
-    }
-
     ///@}
     ///@name Operations
     ///@{
diff --git a/kratos/containers/pointer_vector.h b/kratos/containers/pointer_vector.h
index 3d4f988986a2..71175e469507 100644
--- a/kratos/containers/pointer_vector.h
+++ b/kratos/containers/pointer_vector.h
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 //    ' /   __| _` | __|  _ \   __|
 //    . \  |   (   | |   (   |\__ `
 //   _|\_\_|  \__,_|\__|\___/ ____/
-//                   Multi-Physics 
+//                   Multi-Physics
 //
-//  License:		 BSD License 
+//  License:		 BSD License
 //					 Kratos default license: kratos/license.txt
 //
 //  Main authors:    Pooyan Dadvand
 //                   Riccardo Rossi
-//                    
+//
 //
 
 
@@ -154,14 +154,6 @@ class PointerVector final
         return mData[i];
     }
 
-    bool operator==( const PointerVector& r ) const // nothrow
-    {
-        if( size() != r.size() )
-            return false;
-        else
-            return std::equal(mData.begin(), mData.end(), r.mData.begin(), this->EqualKeyTo());
-    }
-
     ///@}
     ///@name Operations
     ///@{
@@ -278,7 +270,7 @@ class PointerVector final
     }
 
     template<class... Args>
-    void emplace_back(Args&&... args) 
+    void emplace_back(Args&&... args)
     {
         mData.emplace_back(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
     }
@@ -520,4 +512,4 @@ inline std::ostream& operator << (std::ostream& rOStream,
 
 }  // namespace Kratos.
 
-#endif // KRATOS_POINTER_VECTOR_SET_H_INCLUDED  defined 
+#endif // KRATOS_POINTER_VECTOR_SET_H_INCLUDED  defined