diff --git a/Eigen/src/Jacobi/Jacobi.h b/Eigen/src/Jacobi/Jacobi.h
index 437e666a3..798f3a060 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Jacobi/Jacobi.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Jacobi/Jacobi.h
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ bool JacobiRotation<Scalar>::makeJacobi(const RealScalar& x, const Scalar& y, co
 {
   using std::sqrt;
   using std::abs;
-  typedef typename NumTraits<Scalar>::Real RealScalar;
   RealScalar deno = RealScalar(2)*abs(y);
   if(deno < (std::numeric_limits<RealScalar>::min)())
   {
diff --git a/test/basicstuff.cpp b/test/basicstuff.cpp
index 99d91f9da..2e532f7a5 100644
--- a/test/basicstuff.cpp
+++ b/test/basicstuff.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void basicStuff(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime, 1> VectorType;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime, MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime> SquareMatrixType;
@@ -144,7 +143,6 @@ template<typename MatrixType> void basicStuff(const MatrixType& m)
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void basicStuffComplex(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename NumTraits<Scalar>::Real RealScalar;
   typedef Matrix<RealScalar, MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime, MatrixType::ColsAtCompileTime> RealMatrixType;