diff --git a/applications/test/List/Test-List.C b/applications/test/List/Test-List.C
index 16b3210958..4f52872b94 100644
--- a/applications/test/List/Test-List.C
+++ b/applications/test/List/Test-List.C
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ See also
 #include <numeric>
 #include <functional>
 
+// see issue #2083
+#undef Foam_constructList_from_iterators
+
 namespace Foam
 {
 
@@ -254,8 +257,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     Info<< "list4: " << list4 << nl
         << "list5: " << list5 << endl;
 
+    #ifdef Foam_constructList_from_iterators
     List<vector> list6(list4.begin(), list4.end());
     Info<< "list6: " << list6 << endl;
+    #else
+    Info<< "NOTE: no construction from two iterators" << endl;
+    #endif
 
     // Subset
     const labelList map{0, 2};
@@ -273,9 +280,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         // scalarList slist = identity(15);
         //
         // More writing, but does work:
+        #ifdef Foam_constructList_from_iterators
         scalarList slist(labelRange().begin(), labelRange(15).end());
 
         Info<<"scalar identity:" << flatOutput(slist) << endl;
+        #else
+        Info<<"No iterator means of creating a scalar identity list" << endl;
+        #endif
 
         printListOutputType<label>("labels") << nl;
 
@@ -384,6 +395,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         }
         Info<< "sub-sorted: " << flatOutput(longLabelList) << nl;
 
+        #ifdef Foam_constructList_from_iterators
         // Construct from a label-range
         labelRange range(25,15);
 
@@ -406,6 +418,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         // Even weird things like this
         List<scalar> sident4(labelRange().begin(), labelRange(8).end());
         Info<<"range-list (scalar)=" << sident4 << nl;
+        #else
+        Info<< "NOTE: no construction of labelList from range pair" << nl
+            << "use identity(...) instead" << endl;
+        #endif
     }
 
     wordReList reLst;
diff --git a/applications/test/zoneDistribute/Test-zoneDistribute.C b/applications/test/zoneDistribute/Test-zoneDistribute.C
index 00505735b6..87493b0eb4 100644
--- a/applications/test/zoneDistribute/Test-zoneDistribute.C
+++ b/applications/test/zoneDistribute/Test-zoneDistribute.C
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ Description
 #include "centredCPCCellToCellStencilObject.H"
 #include "zoneDistribute.H"
 
-#include "SortableList.H"
-
 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/DynamicList/DynamicList.H b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/DynamicList/DynamicList.H
index e5e71f558a..378d54ab71 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/DynamicList/DynamicList.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/DynamicList/DynamicList.H
@@ -122,11 +122,6 @@ public:
         template<unsigned N>
         inline DynamicList(const FixedList<T, N>& lst);
 
-        //- Construct given begin/end iterators.
-        //  Uses std::distance to determine the size.
-        template<class InputIterator>
-        inline DynamicList(InputIterator begIter, InputIterator endIter);
-
         //- Construct from an initializer list. Size set to list size.
         inline explicit DynamicList(std::initializer_list<T> lst);
 
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/DynamicList/DynamicListI.H b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/DynamicList/DynamicListI.H
index 79da196a1e..911087b6e1 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/DynamicList/DynamicListI.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/DynamicList/DynamicListI.H
@@ -147,19 +147,6 @@ inline Foam::DynamicList<T, SizeMin>::DynamicList
 }
 
 
-template<class T, int SizeMin>
-template<class InputIterator>
-inline Foam::DynamicList<T, SizeMin>::DynamicList
-(
-    InputIterator begIter,
-    InputIterator endIter
-)
-:
-    List<T>(begIter, endIter),
-    capacity_(List<T>::size())
-{}
-
-
 template<class T, int SizeMin>
 inline Foam::DynamicList<T, SizeMin>::DynamicList
 (
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/List/List.C b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/List/List.C
index db23ad23f2..ef0df3dbca 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/List/List.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/List/List.C
@@ -336,14 +336,6 @@ Foam::List<T>::List
 }
 
 
-template<class T>
-template<class InputIterator>
-Foam::List<T>::List(InputIterator begIter, InputIterator endIter)
-:
-    List<T>(begIter, endIter, std::distance(begIter, endIter))
-{}
-
-
 template<class T>
 template<unsigned N>
 Foam::List<T>::List(const FixedList<T, N>& list)
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/List/List.H b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/List/List.H
index 68da584394..17f33459d4 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/List/List.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/List/List.H
@@ -160,11 +160,6 @@ public:
         template<unsigned N>
         List(const UList<T>& list, const FixedList<label, N>& indices);
 
-        //- Construct given begin/end iterators.
-        //  Uses std::distance for the size.
-        template<class InputIterator>
-        List(InputIterator begIter, InputIterator endIter);
-
         //- Construct as copy of FixedList\<T, N\>
         template<unsigned N>
         explicit List(const FixedList<T, N>& list);