diff --git a/tvmet-1.7.1/include/tvmet/Matrix.h b/tvmet-1.7.1/include/tvmet/Matrix.h
index 179e7727d..070bc0c14 100644
--- a/tvmet-1.7.1/include/tvmet/Matrix.h
+++ b/tvmet-1.7.1/include/tvmet/Matrix.h
@@ -223,18 +223,7 @@ private:
   
   void commaWrite(int index, T rhs)
   {
-    int row = index / Cols;
-    int col = index % Cols;
-    m_array[row + col * Rows] = rhs;
-  }
-
-  /** This is a helper for assigning a comma separated initializer
-      list. It's equal to Matrix& operator=(T) which does
-      replace it. */
-  Matrix& assign_value(T rhs) {
-    typedef XprLiteral<T> expr_type;
-    *this = XprMatrix<expr_type, Rows, Cols>(expr_type(rhs));
-    return *this;
+    m_array[(index / Cols) + (index % Cols) * Rows] = rhs;
   }
 
 public: // math operators with scalars
diff --git a/tvmet-1.7.1/include/tvmet/Vector.h b/tvmet-1.7.1/include/tvmet/Vector.h
index afb1dabf2..573acd99a 100644
--- a/tvmet-1.7.1/include/tvmet/Vector.h
+++ b/tvmet-1.7.1/include/tvmet/Vector.h
@@ -231,15 +231,6 @@ private:
   {
     m_array[index] = rhs;
   }
-  
-  /** This is a helper for assigning a comma separated initializer
-      list. It's equal to Vector& operator=(value_type) which does
-      replace it. */
-  Vector& assign_value(value_type rhs) {
-    typedef XprLiteral<value_type> 			expr_type;
-    *this = XprVector<expr_type, Size>(expr_type(rhs));
-    return *this;
-  }
 
 public: // math operators with scalars
   // NOTE: this meaning is clear - element wise ops even if not in ns element_wise