diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/DenseBase.h b/Eigen/src/Core/DenseBase.h
index 126187aa25..a60e5cb001 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/DenseBase.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/DenseBase.h
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@ static inline void check_DenseIndex_is_signed() {
   */
 template<typename Derived> class DenseBase
 #ifndef EIGEN_PARSED_BY_DOXYGEN
-  : public internal::special_scalar_op_base<Derived, typename internal::traits<Derived>::Scalar,
-                                            typename NumTraits<typename internal::traits<Derived>::Scalar>::Real,
-                                            DenseCoeffsBase<Derived> >
+  : public DenseCoeffsBase<Derived>
 #else
   : public DenseCoeffsBase<Derived,DirectWriteAccessors>
 #endif // not EIGEN_PARSED_BY_DOXYGEN
@@ -73,7 +71,7 @@ template<typename Derived> class DenseBase
     typedef Scalar value_type;
     
     typedef typename NumTraits<Scalar>::Real RealScalar;
-    typedef internal::special_scalar_op_base<Derived,Scalar,RealScalar, DenseCoeffsBase<Derived> > Base;
+    typedef DenseCoeffsBase<Derived> Base;
 
     using Base::derived;
     using Base::const_cast_derived;
diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/util/XprHelper.h b/Eigen/src/Core/util/XprHelper.h
index 8a7e36253b..3605de6fd8 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/util/XprHelper.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/util/XprHelper.h
@@ -450,24 +450,6 @@ struct generic_xpr_base<Derived, XprKind, Dense>
   typedef typename dense_xpr_base<Derived,XprKind>::type type;
 };
 
-/** \internal Helper base class to add a scalar multiple operator
-  * overloads for complex types */
-template<typename Derived, typename Scalar, typename OtherScalar, typename BaseType,
-         bool EnableIt = !is_same<Scalar,OtherScalar>::value >
-struct special_scalar_op_base : public BaseType
-{
-  // dummy operator* so that the
-  // "using special_scalar_op_base::operator*" compiles
-  struct dummy {};
-  void operator*(dummy) const;
-  void operator/(dummy) const;
-};
-
-template<typename Derived,typename Scalar,typename OtherScalar, typename BaseType>
-struct special_scalar_op_base<Derived,Scalar,OtherScalar,BaseType,true>  : public BaseType
-{
-};
-
 template<typename XprType, typename CastType> struct cast_return_type
 {
   typedef typename XprType::Scalar CurrentScalarType;
diff --git a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseMatrixBase.h b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseMatrixBase.h
index 534c56e711..24df368848 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseMatrixBase.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseMatrixBase.h
@@ -24,13 +24,7 @@ namespace Eigen {
   * \ref TopicCustomizingEigen by defining the preprocessor symbol \c EIGEN_SPARSEMATRIXBASE_PLUGIN.
   */
 template<typename Derived> class SparseMatrixBase
-#ifndef EIGEN_PARSED_BY_DOXYGEN
-  : public internal::special_scalar_op_base<Derived,typename internal::traits<Derived>::Scalar,
-                                            typename NumTraits<typename internal::traits<Derived>::Scalar>::Real,
-                                            EigenBase<Derived> >
-#else
   : public EigenBase<Derived>
-#endif // not EIGEN_PARSED_BY_DOXYGEN
 {
   public:
 
@@ -142,7 +136,7 @@ template<typename Derived> class SparseMatrixBase
     inline Derived& const_cast_derived() const
     { return *static_cast<Derived*>(const_cast<SparseMatrixBase*>(this)); }
 
-    typedef internal::special_scalar_op_base<Derived, Scalar, RealScalar, EigenBase<Derived> > Base;
+    typedef EigenBase<Derived> Base;
 
 #endif // not EIGEN_PARSED_BY_DOXYGEN