diff --git a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseDenseProduct.h b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseDenseProduct.h
index a715b8bde..c8a515e8c 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseDenseProduct.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseDenseProduct.h
@@ -362,14 +362,6 @@ class DenseTimeSparseProduct
     DenseTimeSparseProduct& operator=(const DenseTimeSparseProduct&);
 };
 
-// sparse * dense
-template<typename Derived>
-template<typename OtherDerived>
-inline const typename SparseDenseProductReturnType<Derived,OtherDerived>::Type
-SparseMatrixBase<Derived>::operator*(const MatrixBase<OtherDerived> &other) const
-{
-  return typename SparseDenseProductReturnType<Derived,OtherDerived>::Type(derived(), other.derived());
-}
 #endif // EIGEN_TEST_EVALUATORS
 
 #ifdef EIGEN_TEST_EVALUATORS