diff --git a/gtsam/slam/tests/testSmartProjectionCameraFactor.cpp b/gtsam/slam/tests/testSmartProjectionCameraFactor.cpp
index aaffbf0e6..ddb4d8adb 100644
--- a/gtsam/slam/tests/testSmartProjectionCameraFactor.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/slam/tests/testSmartProjectionCameraFactor.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ static double rankTol = 1.0;
 template<class CALIBRATION>
 PinholeCamera<CALIBRATION> perturbCameraPoseAndCalibration(
     const PinholeCamera<CALIBRATION>& camera) {
-  GTSAM_CONCEPT_MANIFOLD_TYPE(CALIBRATION)
   Pose3 noise_pose = Pose3(Rot3::Ypr(-M_PI / 10, 0., -M_PI / 10),
       Point3(0.5, 0.1, 0.3));
   Pose3 cameraPose = camera.pose();
diff --git a/gtsam_unstable/examples/SmartProjectionFactorExample.cpp b/gtsam_unstable/examples/SmartProjectionFactorExample.cpp
index 94a70470a..e290cef7e 100644
--- a/gtsam_unstable/examples/SmartProjectionFactorExample.cpp
+++ b/gtsam_unstable/examples/SmartProjectionFactorExample.cpp
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ using namespace std;
 using namespace gtsam;
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv){
-
-  typedef PinholePose<Cal3_S2> Camera;
   typedef SmartProjectionPoseFactor<Cal3_S2> SmartFactor;
 
   Values initial_estimate;
diff --git a/gtsam_unstable/partition/GenericGraph.cpp b/gtsam_unstable/partition/GenericGraph.cpp
index 67d767799..92f0266d0 100644
--- a/gtsam_unstable/partition/GenericGraph.cpp
+++ b/gtsam_unstable/partition/GenericGraph.cpp
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ namespace gtsam { namespace partition {
   void reduceGenericGraph(const GenericGraph3D& graph, const std::vector<size_t>& cameraKeys,  const std::vector<size_t>& landmarkKeys,
       const std::vector<int>& dictionary,  GenericGraph3D& reducedGraph) {
 
-    typedef size_t CameraKey;
     typedef size_t LandmarkKey;
     // get a mapping from each landmark to its connected cameras
     vector<vector<LandmarkKey> > cameraToLandmarks(dictionary.size());
diff --git a/tests/testExpressionFactor.cpp b/tests/testExpressionFactor.cpp
index 769b458e4..161e6976b 100644
--- a/tests/testExpressionFactor.cpp
+++ b/tests/testExpressionFactor.cpp
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ TEST(ExpressionFactor, Shallow) {
 
   // traceExecution of shallow tree
   typedef internal::UnaryExpression<Point2, Point3> Unary;
-  typedef internal::BinaryExpression<Point3, Pose3, Point3> Binary;
   size_t size = expression.traceSize();
   internal::ExecutionTraceStorage traceStorage[size];
   internal::ExecutionTrace<Point2> trace;