If I don't use comments can I remove the code from theme files?

I'm referring to this bit of code:

<?php
/**
* The template for displaying Comments.
*
* The area of the page that contains both current comments
* and the comment form. The actual display of comments is
* handled by a callback to generate_comment() which is
* located in the inc/template-tags.php file.
*
* @package GeneratePress
*/

if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
exit; // Exit if accessed directly.
}

/*
* If the current post is protected by a password and
* the visitor has not yet entered the password we will
* return early without loading the comments.
*/
if ( post_password_required() ) {
return;
}

/**
* generate_before_comments hook.
*
* @since 0.1
*/
do_action( 'generate_before_comments' );
?>

<?php
/**
* generate_inside_comments hook.
*
* @since 1.3.47
*/
do_action( 'generate_inside_comments' );

if ( have_comments() ) :
$comments_number = get_comments_number();
$comments_title = apply_filters(
'generate_comment_form_title',
sprintf(
esc_html(
/* translators: 1: number of comments, 2: post title */
_nx(
'%1$s thought on “%2$s”',
'%1$s thoughts on “%2$s”',
$comments_number,
'comments title',
'generatepress'
)
),
number_format_i18n( $comments_number ),
get_the_title()
)
);

// phpcs:ignore -- Title escaped in output.
echo apply_filters(
'generate_comments_title_output',
sprintf(
'<h3 class="comments-title">%s</h3>',
esc_html( $comments_title )
),
$comments_title,
$comments_number
);

/**
* generate_below_comments_title hook.
*
* @since 0.1
*/
do_action( 'generate_below_comments_title' );

if ( get_comment_pages_count() > 1 && get_option( 'page_comments' ) ) :
?>
<nav id="comment-nav-above" class="comment-navigation" role="navigation">
<h2 class="screen-reader-text"><?php esc_html_e( 'Comment navigation', 'generatepress' ); ?></h2>

<?php previous_comments_link( __( '← Older Comments', 'generatepress' ) ); ?>

<?php next_comments_link( __( 'Newer Comments →', 'generatepress' ) ); ?>

</nav><!-- #comment-nav-above -->
<?php endif; ?>

<?php
/*
* Loop through and list the comments. Tell wp_list_comments()
* to use generate_comment() to format the comments.
* If you want to override this in a child theme, then you can
* define generate_comment() and that will be used instead.
* See generate_comment() in inc/template-tags.php for more.
*/
wp_list_comments(
array(
'callback' => 'generate_comment',
)
);
?>

<!-- .comment-list -->

<?php
if ( get_comment_pages_count() > 1 && get_option( 'page_comments' ) ) :
?>
<nav id="comment-nav-below" class="comment-navigation" role="navigation">
<h2 class="screen-reader-text"><?php esc_html_e( 'Comment navigation', 'generatepress' ); ?></h2>

<?php previous_comments_link( __( '← Older Comments', 'generatepress' ) ); ?>

<?php next_comments_link( __( 'Newer Comments →', 'generatepress' ) ); ?>

</nav><!-- #comment-nav-below -->
<?php
endif;

endif;

// phpcs:ignore WordPress.PHP.StrictComparisons.LooseComparison
if ( ! comments_open() && '0' != get_comments_number() && post_type_supports( get_post_type(), 'comments' ) ) :
?>
<p class="no-comments"><?php esc_html_e( 'Comments are closed.', 'generatepress' ); ?></p>
<?php
endif;

comment_form();
?>

<!-- #comments -->