diff --git a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseMatrix.h b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseMatrix.h
index fb05fb4b6..01fcaace8 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseMatrix.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseMatrix.h
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ class SparseMatrix
     using Base::isCompressed;
     using Base::nonZeros;
     _EIGEN_SPARSE_PUBLIC_INTERFACE(SparseMatrix)
-    EIGEN_SPARSE_INHERIT_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATOR(SparseMatrix, +=)
-    EIGEN_SPARSE_INHERIT_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATOR(SparseMatrix, -=)
+    using Base::operator+=;
+    using Base::operator-=;
 
     typedef MappedSparseMatrix<Scalar,Flags> Map;
     typedef Diagonal<SparseMatrix> DiagonalReturnType;
diff --git a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseUtil.h b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseUtil.h
index 215601aa6..d53a9cb17 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseUtil.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseUtil.h
@@ -37,11 +37,7 @@ EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Derived& operator Op(const Other& scalar) \
 }
 
 #define EIGEN_SPARSE_INHERIT_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATORS(Derived) \
-EIGEN_SPARSE_INHERIT_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATOR(Derived, =) \
-EIGEN_SPARSE_INHERIT_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATOR(Derived, +=) \
-EIGEN_SPARSE_INHERIT_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATOR(Derived, -=) \
-EIGEN_SPARSE_INHERIT_SCALAR_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATOR(Derived, *=) \
-EIGEN_SPARSE_INHERIT_SCALAR_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATOR(Derived, /=)
+EIGEN_SPARSE_INHERIT_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATOR(Derived, =)
 
 // TODO this is mostly the same as EIGEN_GENERIC_PUBLIC_INTERFACE
 #define _EIGEN_SPARSE_PUBLIC_INTERFACE(Derived) \