diff --git a/include/engine/guidance/assemble_leg.hpp b/include/engine/guidance/assemble_leg.hpp
index bf34d74d1..6f1ed2e16 100644
--- a/include/engine/guidance/assemble_leg.hpp
+++ b/include/engine/guidance/assemble_leg.hpp
@@ -22,78 +22,6 @@ namespace engine
 {
 namespace guidance
 {
-namespace detail
-{
-const constexpr std::size_t MAX_USED_SEGMENTS = 2;
-struct NamedSegment
-{
-    double duration;
-    std::uint32_t position;
-    std::uint32_t name_id;
-};
-
-template <std::size_t SegmentNumber>
-std::array<std::uint32_t, SegmentNumber> summarizeRoute(const std::vector<PathData> &route_data)
-{
-    // merges segments with same name id
-    const auto collapse_segments = [](std::vector<NamedSegment> &segments)
-    {
-        auto out = segments.begin();
-        auto end = segments.end();
-        for (auto in = segments.begin(); in != end; ++in)
-        {
-            if (in->name_id == out->name_id)
-            {
-                out->duration += in->duration;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                ++out;
-                BOOST_ASSERT(out != end);
-                *out = *in;
-            }
-        }
-        return out;
-    };
-
-    std::vector<NamedSegment> segments(route_data.size());
-    std::uint32_t index = 0;
-    std::transform(
-        route_data.begin(), route_data.end(), segments.begin(), [&index](const PathData &point)
-        {
-            return NamedSegment{point.duration_until_turn / 10.0, index++, point.name_id};
-        });
-    // this makes sure that the segment with the lowest position comes first
-    std::sort(segments.begin(), segments.end(), [](const NamedSegment &lhs, const NamedSegment &rhs)
-              {
-                  return lhs.name_id < rhs.name_id ||
-                         (lhs.name_id == rhs.name_id && lhs.position < rhs.position);
-              });
-    auto new_end = collapse_segments(segments);
-    segments.resize(new_end - segments.begin());
-    // sort descending
-    std::sort(segments.begin(), segments.end(), [](const NamedSegment &lhs, const NamedSegment &rhs)
-              {
-                  return lhs.duration > rhs.duration;
-              });
-
-    // make sure the segments are sorted by position
-    segments.resize(std::min(segments.size(), SegmentNumber));
-    std::sort(segments.begin(), segments.end(), [](const NamedSegment &lhs, const NamedSegment &rhs)
-              {
-                  return lhs.position < rhs.position;
-              });
-
-    std::array<std::uint32_t, SegmentNumber> summary;
-    std::fill(summary.begin(), summary.end(), 0);
-    std::transform(segments.begin(), segments.end(), summary.begin(),
-                   [](const NamedSegment &segment)
-                   {
-                       return segment.name_id;
-                   });
-    return summary;
-}
-}
 
 template <typename DataFacadeT>
 RouteLeg assembleLeg(const DataFacadeT &facade,
@@ -140,26 +68,12 @@ RouteLeg assembleLeg(const DataFacadeT &facade,
     duration = duration + target_duration;
     if (route_data.empty())
     {
-        duration -=
-            (target_traversed_in_reverse ? source_node.reverse_weight : source_node.forward_weight) / 10;
+        duration -= (target_traversed_in_reverse ? source_node.reverse_weight
+                                                 : source_node.forward_weight) /
+                    10;
     }
-    auto summary_array = detail::summarizeRoute<detail::MAX_USED_SEGMENTS>(route_data);
 
-    BOOST_ASSERT(detail::MAX_USED_SEGMENTS > 0);
-    BOOST_ASSERT(summary_array.begin() != summary_array.end());
-    std::string summary =
-        std::accumulate(std::next(summary_array.begin()), summary_array.end(),
-                        facade.GetNameForID(summary_array.front()),
-                        [&facade](std::string previous, const std::uint32_t name_id)
-                        {
-                            if (name_id != 0)
-                            {
-                                previous += ", " + facade.GetNameForID(name_id);
-                            }
-                            return previous;
-                        });
-
-    return RouteLeg{duration, distance, summary, {}};
+    return RouteLeg{duration, distance, {}};
 }
 
 } // namespace guidance
diff --git a/include/engine/guidance/route_leg.hpp b/include/engine/guidance/route_leg.hpp
index 5ecca4faa..f3b8de115 100644
--- a/include/engine/guidance/route_leg.hpp
+++ b/include/engine/guidance/route_leg.hpp
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 
 #include "engine/guidance/route_step.hpp"
 
-#include <boost/optional.hpp>
-
-#include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace osrm
@@ -19,7 +16,6 @@ struct RouteLeg
 {
     double duration;
     double distance;
-    std::string summary;
     std::vector<RouteStep> steps;
 };
 }
diff --git a/src/engine/api/json_factory.cpp b/src/engine/api/json_factory.cpp
index 5c3663d5c..17aa42b99 100644
--- a/src/engine/api/json_factory.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/api/json_factory.cpp
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ util::json::Object makeRouteLeg(guidance::RouteLeg leg, util::json::Array steps)
     util::json::Object route_leg;
     route_leg.values["distance"] = std::round(leg.distance * 10) / 10.;
     route_leg.values["duration"] = std::round(leg.duration * 10) / 10.;
-    route_leg.values["summary"] = std::move(leg.summary);
     route_leg.values["steps"] = std::move(steps);
     return route_leg;
 }
diff --git a/unit_tests/library/route.cpp b/unit_tests/library/route.cpp
index aed4799d8..3a70ce5b4 100644
--- a/unit_tests/library/route.cpp
+++ b/unit_tests/library/route.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_route_same_coordinates_fixture)
                          {"legs", json::Array{{json::Object{
                                       {{"distance", 0.},
                                        {"duration", 0.},
-                                       {"summary", ""},
                                        {"steps", json::Array{{json::Object{
                                                      {{"duration", 0.},
                                                       {"distance", 0.},
@@ -134,10 +133,6 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_route_same_coordinates)
             const auto duration = leg_object.values.at("duration").get<json::Number>().value;
             BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(duration, 0);
 
-            // nothing can be said about summary, empty or contains human readable summary
-            const auto summary = leg_object.values.at("summary").get<json::String>().value;
-            BOOST_CHECK(((void)summary, true));
-
             const auto &steps = leg_object.values.at("steps").get<json::Array>().values;
             BOOST_CHECK(!steps.empty());