diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/CwiseNullaryOp.h b/Eigen/src/Core/CwiseNullaryOp.h
index a92e3bb48..0f914e7ca 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/CwiseNullaryOp.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/CwiseNullaryOp.h
@@ -41,14 +41,9 @@
   * \sa class CwiseUnaryOp, class CwiseBinaryOp, MatrixBase::NullaryExpr()
   */
 template<typename NullaryOp, typename MatrixType>
-struct ei_traits<CwiseNullaryOp<NullaryOp, MatrixType> >
+struct ei_traits<CwiseNullaryOp<NullaryOp, MatrixType> > : ei_traits<MatrixType>
 {
-  typedef typename ei_traits<MatrixType>::Scalar Scalar;
   enum {
-    RowsAtCompileTime = ei_traits<MatrixType>::RowsAtCompileTime,
-    ColsAtCompileTime = ei_traits<MatrixType>::ColsAtCompileTime,
-    MaxRowsAtCompileTime = ei_traits<MatrixType>::MaxRowsAtCompileTime,
-    MaxColsAtCompileTime = ei_traits<MatrixType>::MaxColsAtCompileTime,
     Flags = (ei_traits<MatrixType>::Flags
       & (  HereditaryBits
          | (ei_functor_has_linear_access<NullaryOp>::ret ? LinearAccessBit : 0)
diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/CwiseUnaryOp.h b/Eigen/src/Core/CwiseUnaryOp.h
index 701bc34b0..68be2ac54 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/CwiseUnaryOp.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/CwiseUnaryOp.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   */
 template<typename UnaryOp, typename MatrixType>
 struct ei_traits<CwiseUnaryOp<UnaryOp, MatrixType> >
+ : ei_traits<MatrixType>
 {
   typedef typename ei_result_of<
                      UnaryOp(typename MatrixType::Scalar)
@@ -48,16 +49,10 @@ struct ei_traits<CwiseUnaryOp<UnaryOp, MatrixType> >
   typedef typename MatrixType::Nested MatrixTypeNested;
   typedef typename ei_unref<MatrixTypeNested>::type _MatrixTypeNested;
   enum {
-    MatrixTypeCoeffReadCost = _MatrixTypeNested::CoeffReadCost,
-    MatrixTypeFlags = _MatrixTypeNested::Flags,
-    RowsAtCompileTime = MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime,
-    ColsAtCompileTime = MatrixType::ColsAtCompileTime,
-    MaxRowsAtCompileTime = MatrixType::MaxRowsAtCompileTime,
-    MaxColsAtCompileTime = MatrixType::MaxColsAtCompileTime,
-    Flags = (MatrixTypeFlags & (
+    Flags = (_MatrixTypeNested::Flags & (
       HereditaryBits | LinearAccessBit | AlignedBit
       | (ei_functor_traits<UnaryOp>::PacketAccess ? PacketAccessBit : 0))),
-    CoeffReadCost = MatrixTypeCoeffReadCost + ei_functor_traits<UnaryOp>::Cost
+    CoeffReadCost = _MatrixTypeNested::CoeffReadCost + ei_functor_traits<UnaryOp>::Cost
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/Flagged.h b/Eigen/src/Core/Flagged.h
index 189304d54..ce50246cb 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/Flagged.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/Flagged.h
@@ -40,18 +40,9 @@
   * \sa MatrixBase::flagged()
   */
 template<typename ExpressionType, unsigned int Added, unsigned int Removed>
-struct ei_traits<Flagged<ExpressionType, Added, Removed> >
+struct ei_traits<Flagged<ExpressionType, Added, Removed> > : ei_traits<ExpressionType>
 {
-  typedef typename ExpressionType::Scalar Scalar;
-
-  enum {
-    RowsAtCompileTime = ExpressionType::RowsAtCompileTime,
-    ColsAtCompileTime = ExpressionType::ColsAtCompileTime,
-    MaxRowsAtCompileTime = ExpressionType::MaxRowsAtCompileTime,
-    MaxColsAtCompileTime = ExpressionType::MaxColsAtCompileTime,
-    Flags = (ExpressionType::Flags | Added) & ~Removed,
-    CoeffReadCost = ExpressionType::CoeffReadCost
-  };
+  enum { Flags = (ExpressionType::Flags | Added) & ~Removed };
 };
 
 template<typename ExpressionType, unsigned int Added, unsigned int Removed> class Flagged
diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/NestByValue.h b/Eigen/src/Core/NestByValue.h
index 0c4ceb701..da79315bf 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/NestByValue.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/NestByValue.h
@@ -38,18 +38,8 @@
   * \sa MatrixBase::nestByValue()
   */
 template<typename ExpressionType>
-struct ei_traits<NestByValue<ExpressionType> >
-{
-  typedef typename ExpressionType::Scalar Scalar;
-  enum {
-    RowsAtCompileTime = ExpressionType::RowsAtCompileTime,
-    ColsAtCompileTime = ExpressionType::ColsAtCompileTime,
-    MaxRowsAtCompileTime = ExpressionType::MaxRowsAtCompileTime,
-    MaxColsAtCompileTime = ExpressionType::MaxColsAtCompileTime,
-    Flags = ExpressionType::Flags,
-    CoeffReadCost = ExpressionType::CoeffReadCost
-  };
-};
+struct ei_traits<NestByValue<ExpressionType> > : public ei_traits<ExpressionType>
+{};
 
 template<typename ExpressionType> class NestByValue
   : public MatrixBase<NestByValue<ExpressionType> >
diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/Part.h b/Eigen/src/Core/Part.h
index 883b92a98..b0ef1ff3d 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/Part.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/Part.h
@@ -43,16 +43,11 @@
   * \sa MatrixBase::part()
   */
 template<typename MatrixType, unsigned int Mode>
-struct ei_traits<Part<MatrixType, Mode> >
+struct ei_traits<Part<MatrixType, Mode> > : ei_traits<MatrixType>
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename ei_nested<MatrixType>::type MatrixTypeNested;
   typedef typename ei_unref<MatrixTypeNested>::type _MatrixTypeNested;
   enum {
-    RowsAtCompileTime = MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime,
-    ColsAtCompileTime = MatrixType::ColsAtCompileTime,
-    MaxRowsAtCompileTime = MatrixType::MaxRowsAtCompileTime,
-    MaxColsAtCompileTime = MatrixType::MaxColsAtCompileTime,
     Flags = (_MatrixTypeNested::Flags & (HereditaryBits) & (~(PacketAccessBit | DirectAccessBit | LinearAccessBit))) | Mode,
     CoeffReadCost = _MatrixTypeNested::CoeffReadCost
   };