diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/arch/Default/GenericPacketMathFunctions.h b/Eigen/src/Core/arch/Default/GenericPacketMathFunctions.h
index dcb21a543..2ecb64407 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/arch/Default/GenericPacketMathFunctions.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/arch/Default/GenericPacketMathFunctions.h
@@ -361,10 +361,6 @@ Packet pexp_float(const Packet _x)
   return pmax(pldexp(y,m), _x);
 }
 
-// make it the default path for scalar float
-template<>
-EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC inline float pexp(const float& a) { return pexp_float(a); }
-
 template <typename Packet>
 EIGEN_DEFINE_FUNCTION_ALLOWING_MULTIPLE_DEFINITIONS
 EIGEN_UNUSED
@@ -433,10 +429,6 @@ Packet pexp_double(const Packet _x)
   return pmax(pldexp(x,fx), _x);
 }
 
-// make it the default path for scalar double
-template<>
-EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC inline double pexp(const double& a) { return pexp_double(a); }
-
 // The following code is inspired by the following stack-overflow answer:
 //   https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30463616/payne-hanek-algorithm-implementation-in-c/30465751#30465751
 // It has been largely optimized: