diff --git a/inference/SymbolicSequentialSolver.cpp b/inference/SymbolicSequentialSolver.cpp
index 08dd0c2dd..bf40088d2 100644
--- a/inference/SymbolicSequentialSolver.cpp
+++ b/inference/SymbolicSequentialSolver.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SymbolicSequentialSolver::SymbolicSequentialSolver(const FactorGraph<IndexFactor
     Base(factorGraph) {}
 
 /* ************************************************************************* */
-typename BayesNet<IndexConditional>::shared_ptr SymbolicSequentialSolver::eliminate() const {
+BayesNet<IndexConditional>::shared_ptr SymbolicSequentialSolver::eliminate() const {
   return Base::eliminate();
 }
 
diff --git a/inference/SymbolicSequentialSolver.h b/inference/SymbolicSequentialSolver.h
index 74a89a6e7..afcc13fa1 100644
--- a/inference/SymbolicSequentialSolver.h
+++ b/inference/SymbolicSequentialSolver.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public:
    * Eliminate the factor graph sequentially.  Uses a column elimination tree
    * to recursively eliminate.
    */
-  typename BayesNet<IndexConditional>::shared_ptr eliminate() const;
+  BayesNet<IndexConditional>::shared_ptr eliminate() const;
 
   /**
    * Compute the marginal Gaussian density over a variable, by integrating out