diff --git a/torch_xla/distributed/spmd/debugging.py b/torch_xla/distributed/spmd/debugging.py
index 6c397b4f8dd..44562d3e263 100644
--- a/torch_xla/distributed/spmd/debugging.py
+++ b/torch_xla/distributed/spmd/debugging.py
@@ -36,32 +36,32 @@ def __init__(self, callback, module_context):
     self.module_context = module_context
 
 
-Color = Union[tuple[float, float, float], str]
-ColorMap = Callable[[float], tuple[float, float, float, float]]
+# Color = Union[tuple[float, float, float], str]
+# ColorMap = Callable[[float], tuple[float, float, float, float]]
 
 
-def _canonicalize_color(color: Color) -> str:
-  if isinstance(color, str):
-    return color
-  r, g, b = (int(a * 255) for a in color)
-  return f"#{r:02X}{g:02X}{b:02X}"
+# def _canonicalize_color(color: Color) -> str:
+#   if isinstance(color, str):
+#     return color
+#   r, g, b = (int(a * 255) for a in color)
+#   return f"#{r:02X}{g:02X}{b:02X}"
 
 
-def _get_text_color(color: str) -> str:
-  r, g, b = torch.map(lambda x: int(x, 16),
-                      (color[1:3], color[3:5], color[5:7]))
-  if (r * 0.299 + g * 0.587 + b * 0.114) > 186:
-    return "#000000"
-  return "#ffffff"
+# def _get_text_color(color: str) -> str:
+#   r, g, b = torch.map(lambda x: int(x, 16),
+#                       (color[1:3], color[3:5], color[5:7]))
+#   if (r * 0.299 + g * 0.587 + b * 0.114) > 186:
+#     return "#000000"
+#   return "#ffffff"
 
 
-def make_color_iter(color_map, num_rows, num_cols):
-  num_colors = num_rows * num_cols
-  color_values = np.linspace(0, 1, num_colors)
-  idx = 0
-  for _ in range(num_colors):
-    yield color_map(color_values[idx])
-    idx = (idx + num_colors // 2 + bool(num_colors % 2 == 0)) % num_colors
+# def make_color_iter(color_map, num_rows, num_cols):
+#   num_colors = num_rows * num_cols
+#   color_values = np.linspace(0, 1, num_colors)
+#   idx = 0
+#   for _ in range(num_colors):
+#     yield color_map(color_values[idx])
+#     idx = (idx + num_colors // 2 + bool(num_colors % 2 == 0)) % num_colors
 
 
 def visualize_sharding(shape: torch.Size,
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ def visualize_sharding(shape: torch.Size,
                        use_color: bool = True,
                        scale: float = 1.,
                        min_width: int = 9,
-                       max_width: int = 80,
-                       color_map: Optional[ColorMap] = None):
+                       max_width: int = 80): # , color_map: Optional[ColorMap] = None):
   """Visualizes a ``Sharding`` using ``rich``."""
   if not RICH_ENABLED:
     raise ValueError("`visualize_sharding` requires `rich` to be installed.")
@@ -130,12 +129,12 @@ def visualize_sharding(shape: torch.Size,
 
   console = rich.console.Console(width=max_width)
   use_color = use_color and console.color_system is not None
-  if use_color and not color_map:
-    try:
-      import matplotlib as mpl
-      color_map = mpl.colormaps["tab20b"]
-    except ModuleNotFoundError:
-      use_color = False
+  # if use_color and not color_map:
+  #   try:
+  #     import matplotlib as mpl
+  #     color_map = mpl.colormaps["tab20b"]
+  #   except ModuleNotFoundError:
+  #     use_color = False
 
   base_height = int(3 * scale)
   aspect_ratio = (shape[1] if len(shape) == 2 else 1) / shape[0]
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ def visualize_sharding(shape: torch.Size,
   # set the device kind to TPU as default since `sharding` here is `str`, TODO(@manfei): get device kind from commands for TPU/GPU/CPU
   device_kind = 'TPU'  # next(iter(sharding.device_set)).platform.upper()
 
-  color_iter = make_color_iter(color_map, num_rows, num_cols)
+  # color_iter = make_color_iter(color_map, num_rows, num_cols)
   table = rich.table.Table(
       show_header=False,
       show_lines=not use_color,
@@ -177,12 +176,12 @@ def visualize_sharding(shape: torch.Size,
       bottom_padding = top_padding + remainder
 
       if use_color:
-        color = _canonicalize_color(next(color_iter)[:3])
-        text_color = _get_text_color(color)
-        top_padding += 1
-        bottom_padding += 1
-        left_padding += 1
-        right_padding += 1
+        # color = _canonicalize_color(next(color_iter)[:3])
+        # text_color = _get_text_color(color)
+        # top_padding += 1
+        # bottom_padding += 1
+        # left_padding += 1
+        # right_padding += 1
       else:
         color = None
         text_color = None