diff --git a/Eigen/src/StlSupport/StdVector.h b/Eigen/src/StlSupport/StdVector.h
index 9a8749c30..27d6ab539 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/StlSupport/StdVector.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/StlSupport/StdVector.h
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ namespace std \
     typedef vector<__VA_ARGS__, EIGEN_ALIGNED_ALLOCATOR<__VA_ARGS__> > vector_base; \
   public: \
     typedef __VA_ARGS__ value_type; \
-    typedef typename vector_base::allocator_type allocator_type; \
-    typedef typename vector_base::size_type size_type;  \
-    typedef typename vector_base::iterator iterator;  \
+    typedef vector_base::allocator_type allocator_type; \
+    typedef vector_base::size_type size_type;  \
+    typedef vector_base::iterator iterator;  \
     explicit vector(const allocator_type& a = allocator_type()) : vector_base(a) {}  \
     template<typename InputIterator> \
     vector(InputIterator first, InputIterator last, const allocator_type& a = allocator_type()) : vector_base(first, last, a) {} \