diff --git a/gtsam/base/Matrix.cpp b/gtsam/base/Matrix.cpp
index adf98cf9a..7f44d43db 100644
--- a/gtsam/base/Matrix.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/base/Matrix.cpp
@@ -211,17 +211,6 @@ void transposeMultiplyAdd(double alpha, const Matrix& A, const Vector& e, SubVec
   x += alpha * A.transpose() * e;
 }
 
-/* ************************************************************************* */
-Vector Vector_(const Matrix& A)
-{
-  size_t m = A.rows(), n = A.cols();
-  Vector v(m*n);
-  for( size_t j = 0, k=0  ; j < n ; j++)
-    for( size_t i = 0; i < m ; i++,k++)
-      v(k) = A(i,j);
-  return v;
-}
-
 /* ************************************************************************* */
 void print(const Matrix& A, const string &s, ostream& stream) {
   size_t m = A.rows(), n = A.cols();
diff --git a/gtsam/base/Matrix.h b/gtsam/base/Matrix.h
index 05f3bc7c9..317698b3f 100644
--- a/gtsam/base/Matrix.h
+++ b/gtsam/base/Matrix.h
@@ -196,11 +196,6 @@ inline MATRIX prod(const MATRIX& A, const MATRIX&B) {
   return result;
 }
 
-/**
- * convert to column vector, column order !!!
- */
-GTSAM_EXPORT Vector Vector_(const Matrix& A);
-
 /**
  * print a matrix
  */
diff --git a/gtsam/base/Vector.cpp b/gtsam/base/Vector.cpp
index 2a0192930..48ada018f 100644
--- a/gtsam/base/Vector.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/base/Vector.cpp
@@ -79,33 +79,6 @@ void odprintf(const char *format, ...) {
 //#endif
 }
 
-/* ************************************************************************* */
-Vector Vector_( size_t m, const double* const data) {
-  Vector A(m);
-  copy(data, data+m, A.data());
-  return A;
-}
-
-/* ************************************************************************* */
-Vector Vector_(size_t m, ...) {
-  Vector v(m);
-  va_list ap;
-  va_start(ap, m);
-  for( size_t i = 0 ; i < m ; i++) {
-    double value = va_arg(ap, double);
-    v(i) = value;
-  }
-  va_end(ap);
-  return v;
-}
-
-/* ************************************************************************* */
-Vector Vector_(const std::vector<double>& d) {
-  Vector v(d.size());
-  copy(d.begin(), d.end(), v.data());
-  return v;
-}
-
 /* ************************************************************************* */
 bool zero(const Vector& v) {
   bool result = true;
diff --git a/gtsam/base/Vector.h b/gtsam/base/Vector.h
index 2c6066042..b35afccdb 100644
--- a/gtsam/base/Vector.h
+++ b/gtsam/base/Vector.h
@@ -46,22 +46,6 @@ typedef Eigen::VectorBlock<const Vector> ConstSubVector;
  */
 GTSAM_EXPORT void odprintf(const char *format, ...);
 
-/**
- *  constructor with size and initial data, row order !
- */
-GTSAM_EXPORT Vector Vector_( size_t m, const double* const data);
-
-/**
- *  nice constructor, dangerous as number of arguments must be exactly right
- *  and you have to pass doubles !!! always use 0.0 never 0
- */
-GTSAM_EXPORT Vector Vector_(size_t m, ...);
-
-/**
- * Create a numeric vector from an STL vector of doubles
- */
-GTSAM_EXPORT Vector Vector_(const std::vector<double>& data);
-
 /**
  * Create vector initialized to a constant value
  * @param n is the size of the vector
diff --git a/tests/testBoundingConstraint.cpp b/tests/testBoundingConstraint.cpp
index b85b75d1c..7b5f31660 100644
--- a/tests/testBoundingConstraint.cpp
+++ b/tests/testBoundingConstraint.cpp
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ TEST( testBoundingConstraint, MaxDistance_basics) {
   EXPECT(!rangeBound.isGreaterThan());
   EXPECT(rangeBound.dim() == 1);
 
-  EXPECT(assert_equal(Vector(1) << 2.0), rangeBound.evaluateError(pt1, pt1)));
+  EXPECT(assert_equal(((Vector)Vector(1) << 2.0), rangeBound.evaluateError(pt1, pt1)));
   EXPECT(assert_equal(ones(1), rangeBound.evaluateError(pt1, pt2)));
   EXPECT(assert_equal(zero(1), rangeBound.evaluateError(pt1, pt3)));
   EXPECT(assert_equal(-1.0*ones(1), rangeBound.evaluateError(pt1, pt4)));