diff --git a/gtsam/inference/tests/testBayesTree.cpp b/gtsam/inference/tests/testBayesTree.cpp
index a5601b8eb..f64e56df6 100644
--- a/gtsam/inference/tests/testBayesTree.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/inference/tests/testBayesTree.cpp
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ using namespace boost::assign;
 using namespace std;
 using namespace gtsam;
 
-typedef BayesTree<IndexConditional> SymbolicBayesTree;
-
 ///* ************************************************************************* */
 //// SLAM example from RSS sqrtSAM paper
 static const Index _x3_=0, _x2_=1;
diff --git a/gtsam/inference/tests/testJunctionTree.cpp b/gtsam/inference/tests/testJunctionTree.cpp
index a2765a201..e9694eda3 100644
--- a/gtsam/inference/tests/testJunctionTree.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/inference/tests/testJunctionTree.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ using namespace gtsam;
 using namespace std;
 
 typedef JunctionTree<SymbolicFactorGraph> SymbolicJunctionTree;
-typedef BayesTree<IndexConditional> SymbolicBayesTree;
 
 /* ************************************************************************* *
  * x1 - x2 - x3 - x4