diff --git a/test/adjoint.cpp b/test/adjoint.cpp
index bdea51c..37032d2 100644
--- a/test/adjoint.cpp
+++ b/test/adjoint.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
      Transpose.h Conjugate.h Dot.h
   */
   using std::abs;
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename NumTraits<Scalar>::Real RealScalar;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime, 1> VectorType;
diff --git a/test/array.cpp b/test/array.cpp
index f7f3ba7..7e228ed 100644
--- a/test/array.cpp
+++ b/test/array.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 template<typename ArrayType> void array(const ArrayType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename ArrayType::Index Index;
   typedef typename ArrayType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename ArrayType::RealScalar RealScalar;
   typedef Array<Scalar, ArrayType::RowsAtCompileTime, 1> ColVectorType;
@@ -130,7 +129,6 @@
 template<typename ArrayType> void comparisons(const ArrayType& m)
 {
   using std::abs;
-  typedef typename ArrayType::Index Index;
   typedef typename ArrayType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename NumTraits<Scalar>::Real RealScalar;
 
@@ -197,7 +195,7 @@
   RealScalar a = m1.abs().mean();
   VERIFY( (m1<-a || m1>a).count() == (m1.abs()>a).count());
 
-  typedef Array<typename ArrayType::Index, Dynamic, 1> ArrayOfIndices;
+  typedef Array<Index, Dynamic, 1> ArrayOfIndices;
 
   // TODO allows colwise/rowwise for array
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(((m1.abs()+1)>RealScalar(0.1)).colwise().count(), ArrayOfIndices::Constant(cols,rows).transpose());
@@ -208,7 +206,6 @@
 {
   using std::abs;
   using std::sqrt;
-  typedef typename ArrayType::Index Index;
   typedef typename ArrayType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename NumTraits<Scalar>::Real RealScalar;
 
@@ -322,7 +319,6 @@
 
 template<typename ArrayType> void array_complex(const ArrayType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename ArrayType::Index Index;
   typedef typename ArrayType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename NumTraits<Scalar>::Real RealScalar;
 
@@ -427,7 +423,6 @@
 
 template<typename ArrayType> void min_max(const ArrayType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename ArrayType::Index Index;
   typedef typename ArrayType::Scalar Scalar;
 
   Index rows = m.rows();
diff --git a/test/array_for_matrix.cpp b/test/array_for_matrix.cpp
index b872139..3dc5dc4 100644
--- a/test/array_for_matrix.cpp
+++ b/test/array_for_matrix.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void array_for_matrix(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime, 1> ColVectorType;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, 1, MatrixType::ColsAtCompileTime> RowVectorType; 
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@
 template<typename MatrixType> void comparisons(const MatrixType& m)
 {
   using std::abs;
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename NumTraits<Scalar>::Real RealScalar;
 
@@ -140,7 +138,7 @@
   RealScalar a = m1.cwiseAbs().mean();
   VERIFY( ((m1.array()<-a).matrix() || (m1.array()>a).matrix()).count() == (m1.cwiseAbs().array()>a).count());
 
-  typedef Matrix<typename MatrixType::Index, Dynamic, 1> VectorOfIndices;
+  typedef Matrix<Index, Dynamic, 1> VectorOfIndices;
 
   // TODO allows colwise/rowwise for array
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(((m1.array().abs()+1)>RealScalar(0.1)).matrix().colwise().count(), VectorOfIndices::Constant(cols,rows).transpose());
@@ -172,7 +170,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void cwise_min_max(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
 
   Index rows = m.rows();
@@ -211,7 +208,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixTraits> void resize(const MatrixTraits& t)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixTraits::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixTraits::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar,Dynamic,Dynamic> MatrixType;
   typedef Array<Scalar,Dynamic,Dynamic> Array2DType;
diff --git a/test/array_replicate.cpp b/test/array_replicate.cpp
index 779c8fc..0dad5ba 100644
--- a/test/array_replicate.cpp
+++ b/test/array_replicate.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
   /* this test covers the following files:
      Replicate.cpp
   */
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime, 1> VectorType;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, Dynamic, Dynamic> MatrixX;
diff --git a/test/array_reverse.cpp b/test/array_reverse.cpp
index c9d9f90..9d5b9a6 100644
--- a/test/array_reverse.cpp
+++ b/test/array_reverse.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void reverse(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime, 1> VectorType;
 
diff --git a/test/basicstuff.cpp b/test/basicstuff.cpp
index c346ce6..0fbeb42 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;
@@ -124,22 +123,22 @@
   
   // check automatic transposition
   sm2.setZero();
-  for(typename MatrixType::Index i=0;i<rows;++i)
+  for(Index i=0;i<rows;++i)
     sm2.col(i) = sm1.row(i);
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(sm2,sm1.transpose());
   
   sm2.setZero();
-  for(typename MatrixType::Index i=0;i<rows;++i)
+  for(Index i=0;i<rows;++i)
     sm2.col(i).noalias() = sm1.row(i);
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(sm2,sm1.transpose());
   
   sm2.setZero();
-  for(typename MatrixType::Index i=0;i<rows;++i)
+  for(Index i=0;i<rows;++i)
     sm2.col(i).noalias() += sm1.row(i);
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(sm2,sm1.transpose());
   
   sm2.setZero();
-  for(typename MatrixType::Index i=0;i<rows;++i)
+  for(Index i=0;i<rows;++i)
     sm2.col(i).noalias() -= sm1.row(i);
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(sm2,-sm1.transpose());
   
@@ -160,7 +159,6 @@
 
 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;
diff --git a/test/block.cpp b/test/block.cpp
index 0c1d2b7..a45dd50 100644
--- a/test/block.cpp
+++ b/test/block.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void block(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename MatrixType::RealScalar RealScalar;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime, 1> VectorType;
@@ -227,7 +226,6 @@
 template<typename MatrixType>
 void compare_using_data_and_stride(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   Index rows = m.rows();
   Index cols = m.cols();
   Index size = m.size();
@@ -261,7 +259,6 @@
 template<typename MatrixType>
 void data_and_stride(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   Index rows = m.rows();
   Index cols = m.cols();
 
diff --git a/test/cholesky.cpp b/test/cholesky.cpp
index b4b6bda..62c391d 100644
--- a/test/cholesky.cpp
+++ b/test/cholesky.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void cholesky(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   /* this test covers the following files:
      LLT.h LDLT.h
   */
@@ -289,8 +288,6 @@
 
   // test mixing real/scalar types
 
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
-
   Index rows = m.rows();
   Index cols = m.cols();
 
diff --git a/test/conservative_resize.cpp b/test/conservative_resize.cpp
index 498421b..21a1db4 100644
--- a/test/conservative_resize.cpp
+++ b/test/conservative_resize.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 void run_matrix_tests()
 {
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, Eigen::Dynamic, Eigen::Dynamic, Storage> MatrixType;
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
 
   MatrixType m, n;
 
diff --git a/test/corners.cpp b/test/corners.cpp
index 3c64c32..32edadb 100644
--- a/test/corners.cpp
+++ b/test/corners.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void corners(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   Index rows = m.rows();
   Index cols = m.cols();
 
diff --git a/test/determinant.cpp b/test/determinant.cpp
index 758f3af..b8c9bab 100644
--- a/test/determinant.cpp
+++ b/test/determinant.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
   /* this test covers the following files:
      Determinant.h
   */
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   Index size = m.rows();
 
   MatrixType m1(size, size), m2(size, size);
diff --git a/test/diagonal.cpp b/test/diagonal.cpp
index 0b5ae82..8ed9b46 100644
--- a/test/diagonal.cpp
+++ b/test/diagonal.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void diagonal(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
 
   Index rows = m.rows();
diff --git a/test/diagonalmatrices.cpp b/test/diagonalmatrices.cpp
index a4ff102..c55733d 100644
--- a/test/diagonalmatrices.cpp
+++ b/test/diagonalmatrices.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 using namespace std;
 template<typename MatrixType> void diagonalmatrices(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   enum { Rows = MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime, Cols = MatrixType::ColsAtCompileTime };
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, Rows, 1> VectorType;
diff --git a/test/dontalign.cpp b/test/dontalign.cpp
index 4643cfe..ac00112 100644
--- a/test/dontalign.cpp
+++ b/test/dontalign.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 template<typename MatrixType>
 void dontalign(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;
diff --git a/test/eigen2support.cpp b/test/eigen2support.cpp
index ad1d980..ac6931a 100644
--- a/test/eigen2support.cpp
+++ b/test/eigen2support.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void eigen2support(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
 
   Index rows = m.rows();
diff --git a/test/eigensolver_complex.cpp b/test/eigensolver_complex.cpp
index 03d5774..8f279dc 100644
--- a/test/eigensolver_complex.cpp
+++ b/test/eigensolver_complex.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void eigensolver(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   /* this test covers the following files:
      ComplexEigenSolver.h, and indirectly ComplexSchur.h
   */
diff --git a/test/eigensolver_generalized_real.cpp b/test/eigensolver_generalized_real.cpp
index 9c0838b..12a15ab 100644
--- a/test/eigensolver_generalized_real.cpp
+++ b/test/eigensolver_generalized_real.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void generalized_eigensolver_real(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   /* this test covers the following files:
      GeneralizedEigenSolver.h
   */
diff --git a/test/eigensolver_generic.cpp b/test/eigensolver_generic.cpp
index d0e644d..07bf65e 100644
--- a/test/eigensolver_generic.cpp
+++ b/test/eigensolver_generic.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void eigensolver(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   /* this test covers the following files:
      EigenSolver.h
   */
diff --git a/test/eigensolver_selfadjoint.cpp b/test/eigensolver_selfadjoint.cpp
index 39ad413..0e39b53 100644
--- a/test/eigensolver_selfadjoint.cpp
+++ b/test/eigensolver_selfadjoint.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void selfadjointeigensolver(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   /* this test covers the following files:
      EigenSolver.h, SelfAdjointEigenSolver.h (and indirectly: Tridiagonalization.h)
   */
diff --git a/test/geo_alignedbox.cpp b/test/geo_alignedbox.cpp
index 223ff5e..87bf114 100644
--- a/test/geo_alignedbox.cpp
+++ b/test/geo_alignedbox.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
   /* this test covers the following files:
      AlignedBox.h
   */
-  typedef typename BoxType::Index Index;  
   typedef typename BoxType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename NumTraits<Scalar>::Real RealScalar;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, BoxType::AmbientDimAtCompileTime, 1> VectorType;
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@
 void alignedboxCastTests(const BoxType& _box)
 {
   // casting  
-  typedef typename BoxType::Index Index;
   typedef typename BoxType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, BoxType::AmbientDimAtCompileTime, 1> VectorType;
 
diff --git a/test/geo_hyperplane.cpp b/test/geo_hyperplane.cpp
index 2789285..b3a48c5 100644
--- a/test/geo_hyperplane.cpp
+++ b/test/geo_hyperplane.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
      Hyperplane.h
   */
   using std::abs;
-  typedef typename HyperplaneType::Index Index;
   const Index dim = _plane.dim();
   enum { Options = HyperplaneType::Options };
   typedef typename HyperplaneType::Scalar Scalar;
diff --git a/test/geo_parametrizedline.cpp b/test/geo_parametrizedline.cpp
index 29c1b10..14cf4fd 100644
--- a/test/geo_parametrizedline.cpp
+++ b/test/geo_parametrizedline.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
      ParametrizedLine.h
   */
   using std::abs;
-  typedef typename LineType::Index Index;
   const Index dim = _line.dim();
   typedef typename LineType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename NumTraits<Scalar>::Real RealScalar;
diff --git a/test/householder.cpp b/test/householder.cpp
index 78d44d4..ccda468 100644
--- a/test/householder.cpp
+++ b/test/householder.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void householder(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   static bool even = true;
   even = !even;
   /* this test covers the following files:
diff --git a/test/integer_types.cpp b/test/integer_types.cpp
index 2512631..3629559 100644
--- a/test/integer_types.cpp
+++ b/test/integer_types.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void signed_integer_type_tests(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
 
   enum { is_signed = (Scalar(-1) > Scalar(0)) ? 0 : 1 };
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void integer_type_tests(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
 
   VERIFY(NumTraits<Scalar>::IsInteger);
diff --git a/test/inverse.cpp b/test/inverse.cpp
index 97fe6ff..be607cc 100644
--- a/test/inverse.cpp
+++ b/test/inverse.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 template<typename MatrixType> void inverse(const MatrixType& m)
 {
   using std::abs;
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   /* this test covers the following files:
      Inverse.h
   */
diff --git a/test/jacobi.cpp b/test/jacobi.cpp
index 7ccd412..319e476 100644
--- a/test/jacobi.cpp
+++ b/test/jacobi.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 template<typename MatrixType, typename JacobiScalar>
 void jacobi(const MatrixType& m = MatrixType())
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   Index rows = m.rows();
   Index cols = m.cols();
 
diff --git a/test/jacobisvd.cpp b/test/jacobisvd.cpp
index 7f5f715..72007bf 100644
--- a/test/jacobisvd.cpp
+++ b/test/jacobisvd.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 template<typename MatrixType> void jacobisvd_verify_assert(const MatrixType& m)
 {
   svd_verify_assert<JacobiSVD<MatrixType> >(m);
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   Index rows = m.rows();
   Index cols = m.cols();
 
diff --git a/test/linearstructure.cpp b/test/linearstructure.cpp
index 17474af..b6559b2 100644
--- a/test/linearstructure.cpp
+++ b/test/linearstructure.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
   /* this test covers the following files:
      CwiseUnaryOp.h, CwiseBinaryOp.h, SelfCwiseBinaryOp.h 
   */
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename MatrixType::RealScalar RealScalar;
 
diff --git a/test/lu.cpp b/test/lu.cpp
index 9787f4d..cad703d 100644
--- a/test/lu.cpp
+++ b/test/lu.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void lu_non_invertible()
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::RealScalar RealScalar;
   /* this test covers the following files:
      LU.h
@@ -181,7 +180,6 @@
   /* this test covers the following files:
      PartialPivLU.h
   */
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename NumTraits<typename MatrixType::Scalar>::Real RealScalar;
   Index size = internal::random<Index>(1,4);
 
diff --git a/test/mapped_matrix.cpp b/test/mapped_matrix.cpp
index 7b9e1fe..a530fab 100644
--- a/test/mapped_matrix.cpp
+++ b/test/mapped_matrix.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 template<typename VectorType> void map_class_vector(const VectorType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename VectorType::Index Index;
   typedef typename VectorType::Scalar Scalar;
 
   Index size = m.size();
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void map_class_matrix(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
 
   Index rows = m.rows(), cols = m.cols(), size = rows*cols;
@@ -121,7 +119,6 @@
 
 template<typename VectorType> void map_static_methods(const VectorType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename VectorType::Index Index;
   typedef typename VectorType::Scalar Scalar;
 
   Index size = m.size();
@@ -163,7 +160,6 @@
 void map_not_aligned_on_scalar()
 {
   typedef Matrix<Scalar,Dynamic,Dynamic> MatrixType;
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   Index size = 11;
   Scalar* array1 = internal::aligned_new<Scalar>((size+1)*(size+1)+1);
   Scalar* array2 = reinterpret_cast<Scalar*>(sizeof(Scalar)/2+std::size_t(array1));
diff --git a/test/mapstaticmethods.cpp b/test/mapstaticmethods.cpp
index 06272d1..8156ca9 100644
--- a/test/mapstaticmethods.cpp
+++ b/test/mapstaticmethods.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
 {
   static void run(const PlainObjectType& m)
   {
-    typedef typename PlainObjectType::Index Index;
     Index rows = m.rows(), cols = m.cols();
 
     int i = internal::random<int>(2,5), j = internal::random<int>(2,5);
@@ -116,7 +115,6 @@
 {
   static void run(const PlainObjectType& v)
   {
-    typedef typename PlainObjectType::Index Index;
     Index size = v.size();
 
     int i = internal::random<int>(2,5);
diff --git a/test/mapstride.cpp b/test/mapstride.cpp
index de77dc5..d785148 100644
--- a/test/mapstride.cpp
+++ b/test/mapstride.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 template<int Alignment,typename VectorType> void map_class_vector(const VectorType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename VectorType::Index Index;
   typedef typename VectorType::Scalar Scalar;
 
   Index size = m.size();
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@
 
 template<int Alignment,typename MatrixType> void map_class_matrix(const MatrixType& _m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
 
   Index rows = _m.rows(), cols = _m.cols();
diff --git a/test/miscmatrices.cpp b/test/miscmatrices.cpp
index ef20dc7..f17291c 100644
--- a/test/miscmatrices.cpp
+++ b/test/miscmatrices.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
   /* this test covers the following files:
      DiagonalMatrix.h Ones.h
   */
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime, 1> VectorType;
   Index rows = m.rows();
diff --git a/test/nomalloc.cpp b/test/nomalloc.cpp
index 50756c2..d1ca79d 100644
--- a/test/nomalloc.cpp
+++ b/test/nomalloc.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 {
   /* this test check no dynamic memory allocation are issued with fixed-size matrices
   */
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
 
   Index rows = m.rows();
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   enum { Flag          =  MatrixType::IsRowMajor ? Eigen::RowMajor : Eigen::ColMajor};
   enum { TransposeFlag = !MatrixType::IsRowMajor ? Eigen::RowMajor : Eigen::ColMajor};
-  typename MatrixType::Index rows = m.rows(), cols=m.cols();
+  Index rows = m.rows(), cols=m.cols();
   typedef Eigen::Matrix<Scalar, Eigen::Dynamic, Eigen::Dynamic, Flag         > MatrixX;
   typedef Eigen::Matrix<Scalar, Eigen::Dynamic, Eigen::Dynamic, TransposeFlag> MatrixXT;
   // Dynamic reference:
diff --git a/test/permutationmatrices.cpp b/test/permutationmatrices.cpp
index b2229cf..e885f0e 100644
--- a/test/permutationmatrices.cpp
+++ b/test/permutationmatrices.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 using namespace std;
 template<typename MatrixType> void permutationmatrices(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   enum { Rows = MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime, Cols = MatrixType::ColsAtCompileTime,
          Options = MatrixType::Options };
diff --git a/test/product_extra.cpp b/test/product_extra.cpp
index e2b855b..de2709d 100644
--- a/test/product_extra.cpp
+++ b/test/product_extra.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void product_extra(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, 1, Dynamic> RowVectorType;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, Dynamic, 1> ColVectorType;
diff --git a/test/product_notemporary.cpp b/test/product_notemporary.cpp
index 062180f..b90165b 100644
--- a/test/product_notemporary.cpp
+++ b/test/product_notemporary.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 {
   /* This test checks the number of temporaries created
    * during the evaluation of a complex expression */
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename MatrixType::RealScalar RealScalar;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, 1, Dynamic> RowVectorType;
diff --git a/test/product_selfadjoint.cpp b/test/product_selfadjoint.cpp
index 3d768aa..88d6839 100644
--- a/test/product_selfadjoint.cpp
+++ b/test/product_selfadjoint.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void product_selfadjoint(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime, 1> VectorType;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, 1, MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime> RowVectorType;
diff --git a/test/product_symm.cpp b/test/product_symm.cpp
index 8c44383..7d1042a 100644
--- a/test/product_symm.cpp
+++ b/test/product_symm.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, OtherSize, Size> Rhs2;
   enum { order = OtherSize==1 ? 0 : RowMajor };
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, Size, OtherSize,order> Rhs3;
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
 
   Index rows = size;
   Index cols = size;
diff --git a/test/product_syrk.cpp b/test/product_syrk.cpp
index e10f0f2..3ebbe14 100644
--- a/test/product_syrk.cpp
+++ b/test/product_syrk.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void syrk(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime, MatrixType::ColsAtCompileTime, RowMajor> RMatrixType;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, MatrixType::ColsAtCompileTime, Dynamic> Rhs1;
diff --git a/test/product_trmv.cpp b/test/product_trmv.cpp
index 57a202a..65d66e5 100644
--- a/test/product_trmv.cpp
+++ b/test/product_trmv.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void trmv(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename NumTraits<Scalar>::Real RealScalar;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime, 1> VectorType;
diff --git a/test/qr.cpp b/test/qr.cpp
index 00ef99e..02e3ed7 100644
--- a/test/qr.cpp
+++ b/test/qr.cpp
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void qr(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
-
   Index rows = m.rows();
   Index cols = m.cols();
 
diff --git a/test/qr_colpivoting.cpp b/test/qr_colpivoting.cpp
index 26ed27f..96c0bad 100644
--- a/test/qr_colpivoting.cpp
+++ b/test/qr_colpivoting.cpp
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 
 template <typename MatrixType>
 void cod() {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
-
   Index rows = internal::random<Index>(2, EIGEN_TEST_MAX_SIZE);
   Index cols = internal::random<Index>(2, EIGEN_TEST_MAX_SIZE);
   Index cols2 = internal::random<Index>(2, EIGEN_TEST_MAX_SIZE);
@@ -94,7 +92,6 @@
 template<typename MatrixType> void qr()
 {
   using std::sqrt;
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
 
   Index rows = internal::random<Index>(2,EIGEN_TEST_MAX_SIZE), cols = internal::random<Index>(2,EIGEN_TEST_MAX_SIZE), cols2 = internal::random<Index>(2,EIGEN_TEST_MAX_SIZE);
   Index rank = internal::random<Index>(1, (std::min)(rows, cols)-1);
@@ -211,7 +208,6 @@
 {
   using std::sqrt;
   using std::abs;
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename MatrixType::RealScalar RealScalar;
 
diff --git a/test/qr_fullpivoting.cpp b/test/qr_fullpivoting.cpp
index 3d9acce..c270edf 100644
--- a/test/qr_fullpivoting.cpp
+++ b/test/qr_fullpivoting.cpp
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void qr()
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
-
   static const int Rows = MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime, Cols = MatrixType::ColsAtCompileTime;
   Index max_size = EIGEN_TEST_MAX_SIZE;
   Index min_size = numext::maxi(1,EIGEN_TEST_MAX_SIZE/10);
diff --git a/test/qtvector.cpp b/test/qtvector.cpp
index 2be885e..22df0d5 100644
--- a/test/qtvector.cpp
+++ b/test/qtvector.cpp
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 template<typename MatrixType>
 void check_qtvector_matrix(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
-
   Index rows = m.rows();
   Index cols = m.cols();
   MatrixType x = MatrixType::Random(rows,cols), y = MatrixType::Random(rows,cols);
diff --git a/test/real_qz.cpp b/test/real_qz.cpp
index 99ac312..3c1492e 100644
--- a/test/real_qz.cpp
+++ b/test/real_qz.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
      RealQZ.h
   */
   using std::abs;
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   
   Index dim = m.cols();
diff --git a/test/redux.cpp b/test/redux.cpp
index 2bade37..213f080 100644
--- a/test/redux.cpp
+++ b/test/redux.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void matrixRedux(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename MatrixType::RealScalar RealScalar;
 
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@
 template<typename VectorType> void vectorRedux(const VectorType& w)
 {
   using std::abs;
-  typedef typename VectorType::Index Index;
   typedef typename VectorType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename NumTraits<Scalar>::Real RealScalar;
   Index size = w.size();
diff --git a/test/ref.cpp b/test/ref.cpp
index 9dd2c04..704495a 100644
--- a/test/ref.cpp
+++ b/test/ref.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void ref_matrix(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename MatrixType::RealScalar RealScalar;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar,Dynamic,Dynamic,MatrixType::Options> DynMatrixType;
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@
 
 template<typename VectorType> void ref_vector(const VectorType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename VectorType::Index Index;
   typedef typename VectorType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename VectorType::RealScalar RealScalar;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar,Dynamic,1,VectorType::Options> DynMatrixType;
diff --git a/test/schur_real.cpp b/test/schur_real.cpp
index 4aede87..e5229e6 100644
--- a/test/schur_real.cpp
+++ b/test/schur_real.cpp
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void verifyIsQuasiTriangular(const MatrixType& T)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
-
   const Index size = T.cols();
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
 
diff --git a/test/selfadjoint.cpp b/test/selfadjoint.cpp
index aaa4888..bb11cc3 100644
--- a/test/selfadjoint.cpp
+++ b/test/selfadjoint.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void selfadjoint(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
 
   Index rows = m.rows();
diff --git a/test/sizeof.cpp b/test/sizeof.cpp
index 03ad204..e552bae 100644
--- a/test/sizeof.cpp
+++ b/test/sizeof.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   if (MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime!=Dynamic && MatrixType::ColsAtCompileTime!=Dynamic)
     VERIFY_IS_EQUAL(std::ptrdiff_t(sizeof(MatrixType)),std::ptrdiff_t(sizeof(Scalar))*std::ptrdiff_t(MatrixType::SizeAtCompileTime));
   else
-    VERIFY_IS_EQUAL(sizeof(MatrixType),sizeof(Scalar*) + 2 * sizeof(typename MatrixType::Index));
+    VERIFY_IS_EQUAL(sizeof(MatrixType),sizeof(Scalar*) + 2 * sizeof(Index));
 }
 
 void test_sizeof()
diff --git a/test/stable_norm.cpp b/test/stable_norm.cpp
index 0dcf072..255cae9 100644
--- a/test/stable_norm.cpp
+++ b/test/stable_norm.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
   */
   using std::sqrt;
   using std::abs;
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename NumTraits<Scalar>::Real RealScalar;
   
diff --git a/test/stddeque.cpp b/test/stddeque.cpp
index bb4b476..b511c4e 100644
--- a/test/stddeque.cpp
+++ b/test/stddeque.cpp
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 template<typename MatrixType>
 void check_stddeque_matrix(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
-  
   Index rows = m.rows();
   Index cols = m.cols();
   MatrixType x = MatrixType::Random(rows,cols), y = MatrixType::Random(rows,cols);
diff --git a/test/stddeque_overload.cpp b/test/stddeque_overload.cpp
index 4da618b..0541bc1 100644
--- a/test/stddeque_overload.cpp
+++ b/test/stddeque_overload.cpp
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 template<typename MatrixType>
 void check_stddeque_matrix(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typename MatrixType::Index rows = m.rows();
-  typename MatrixType::Index cols = m.cols();
+  Index rows = m.rows();
+  Index cols = m.cols();
   MatrixType x = MatrixType::Random(rows,cols), y = MatrixType::Random(rows,cols);
   std::deque<MatrixType> v(10, MatrixType(rows,cols)), w(20, y);
   v[5] = x;
diff --git a/test/stdlist.cpp b/test/stdlist.cpp
index 17cce77..23cbe90 100644
--- a/test/stdlist.cpp
+++ b/test/stdlist.cpp
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 template<typename MatrixType>
 void check_stdlist_matrix(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
-  
   Index rows = m.rows();
   Index cols = m.cols();
   MatrixType x = MatrixType::Random(rows,cols), y = MatrixType::Random(rows,cols);
diff --git a/test/stdlist_overload.cpp b/test/stdlist_overload.cpp
index bb910bd..386124a 100644
--- a/test/stdlist_overload.cpp
+++ b/test/stdlist_overload.cpp
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
 template<typename MatrixType>
 void check_stdlist_matrix(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typename MatrixType::Index rows = m.rows();
-  typename MatrixType::Index cols = m.cols();
+  Index rows = m.rows();
+  Index cols = m.cols();
   MatrixType x = MatrixType::Random(rows,cols), y = MatrixType::Random(rows,cols);
   std::list<MatrixType> v(10, MatrixType(rows,cols)), w(20, y);
   typename std::list<MatrixType>::iterator itv = get(v, 5);
diff --git a/test/stdvector.cpp b/test/stdvector.cpp
index 50cb334..cf36468 100644
--- a/test/stdvector.cpp
+++ b/test/stdvector.cpp
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 template<typename MatrixType>
 void check_stdvector_matrix(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typename MatrixType::Index rows = m.rows();
-  typename MatrixType::Index cols = m.cols();
+  Index rows = m.rows();
+  Index cols = m.cols();
   MatrixType x = MatrixType::Random(rows,cols), y = MatrixType::Random(rows,cols);
   std::vector<MatrixType,Eigen::aligned_allocator<MatrixType> > v(10, MatrixType(rows,cols)), w(20, y);
   v[5] = x;
diff --git a/test/stdvector_overload.cpp b/test/stdvector_overload.cpp
index 9596659..0c86ce8 100644
--- a/test/stdvector_overload.cpp
+++ b/test/stdvector_overload.cpp
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 template<typename MatrixType>
 void check_stdvector_matrix(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typename MatrixType::Index rows = m.rows();
-  typename MatrixType::Index cols = m.cols();
+  Index rows = m.rows();
+  Index cols = m.cols();
   MatrixType x = MatrixType::Random(rows,cols), y = MatrixType::Random(rows,cols);
   std::vector<MatrixType> v(10, MatrixType(rows,cols)), w(20, y);
   v[5] = x;
diff --git a/test/svd_common.h b/test/svd_common.h
index 605d5df..cba0665 100644
--- a/test/svd_common.h
+++ b/test/svd_common.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 template<typename SvdType, typename MatrixType>
 void svd_check_full(const MatrixType& m, const SvdType& svd)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   Index rows = m.rows();
   Index cols = m.cols();
 
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@
 {
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename MatrixType::RealScalar RealScalar;
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   Index rows = m.rows();
   Index cols = m.cols();
 
@@ -168,7 +166,6 @@
 void svd_min_norm(const MatrixType& m, unsigned int computationOptions)
 {
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   Index cols = m.cols();
 
   enum {
@@ -261,7 +258,6 @@
     CALL_SUBTEST(( svd_min_norm(m, ComputeThinU | ComputeThinV) ));
 
     // test reconstruction
-    typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
     Index diagSize = (std::min)(m.rows(), m.cols());
     SvdType svd(m, ComputeThinU | ComputeThinV);
     VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m, svd.matrixU().leftCols(diagSize) * svd.singularValues().asDiagonal() * svd.matrixV().leftCols(diagSize).adjoint());
@@ -437,7 +433,6 @@
 void svd_verify_assert(const MatrixType& m)
 {
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   Index rows = m.rows();
   Index cols = m.cols();
 
diff --git a/test/svd_fill.h b/test/svd_fill.h
index 3877c0c..d68647e 100644
--- a/test/svd_fill.h
+++ b/test/svd_fill.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
   using std::pow;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename MatrixType::RealScalar RealScalar;
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   Index diagSize = (std::min)(m.rows(), m.cols());
   RealScalar s = std::numeric_limits<RealScalar>::max_exponent10/4;
   s = internal::random<RealScalar>(1,s);
diff --git a/test/swap.cpp b/test/swap.cpp
index f76e362..a294da7 100644
--- a/test/swap.cpp
+++ b/test/swap.cpp
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
 
   eigen_assert((!internal::is_same<MatrixType,OtherMatrixType>::value));
-  typename MatrixType::Index rows = m.rows();
-  typename MatrixType::Index cols = m.cols();
+  Index rows = m.rows();
+  Index cols = m.cols();
   
   // construct 3 matrix guaranteed to be distinct
   MatrixType m1 = MatrixType::Random(rows,cols);
diff --git a/test/triangular.cpp b/test/triangular.cpp
index b968564..d50342c 100644
--- a/test/triangular.cpp
+++ b/test/triangular.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 
   RealScalar largerEps = 10*test_precision<RealScalar>();
 
-  typename MatrixType::Index rows = m.rows();
-  typename MatrixType::Index cols = m.cols();
+  Index rows = m.rows();
+  Index cols = m.cols();
 
   MatrixType m1 = MatrixType::Random(rows, cols),
              m2 = MatrixType::Random(rows, cols),
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void triangular_rect(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef const typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename NumTraits<Scalar>::Real RealScalar;
   enum { Rows =  MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime, Cols =  MatrixType::ColsAtCompileTime };
diff --git a/test/upperbidiagonalization.cpp b/test/upperbidiagonalization.cpp
index 847b34b..27a7478 100644
--- a/test/upperbidiagonalization.cpp
+++ b/test/upperbidiagonalization.cpp
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void upperbidiag(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  const typename MatrixType::Index rows = m.rows();
-  const typename MatrixType::Index cols = m.cols();
+  const Index rows = m.rows();
+  const Index cols = m.cols();
 
   typedef Matrix<typename MatrixType::RealScalar, MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime,  MatrixType::ColsAtCompileTime> RealMatrixType;
   typedef Matrix<typename MatrixType::Scalar, MatrixType::ColsAtCompileTime,  MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime> TransposeMatrixType;
diff --git a/test/vectorwiseop.cpp b/test/vectorwiseop.cpp
index f3ab561..a099d17 100644
--- a/test/vectorwiseop.cpp
+++ b/test/vectorwiseop.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 template<typename ArrayType> void vectorwiseop_array(const ArrayType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename ArrayType::Index Index;
   typedef typename ArrayType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef Array<Scalar, ArrayType::RowsAtCompileTime, 1> ColVectorType;
   typedef Array<Scalar, 1, ArrayType::ColsAtCompileTime> RowVectorType;
@@ -129,7 +128,6 @@
 
 template<typename MatrixType> void vectorwiseop_matrix(const MatrixType& m)
 {
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
   typedef typename NumTraits<Scalar>::Real RealScalar;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime, 1> ColVectorType;
diff --git a/test/visitor.cpp b/test/visitor.cpp
index 844170e..7f4efab 100644
--- a/test/visitor.cpp
+++ b/test/visitor.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 template<typename MatrixType> void matrixVisitor(const MatrixType& p)
 {
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
-  typedef typename MatrixType::Index Index;
 
   Index rows = p.rows();
   Index cols = p.cols();
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@
 template<typename VectorType> void vectorVisitor(const VectorType& w)
 {
   typedef typename VectorType::Scalar Scalar;
-  typedef typename VectorType::Index Index;
 
   Index size = w.size();