diff --git a/src/Containers/OhmmsSoA/PosTransformer.h b/src/Containers/OhmmsSoA/PosTransformer.h
index 33ef4ec17f..f7cec870d0 100644
--- a/src/Containers/OhmmsSoA/PosTransformer.h
+++ b/src/Containers/OhmmsSoA/PosTransformer.h
@@ -129,12 +129,12 @@ void PosAoS2SoA(int nrows, int ncols, const T1* restrict iptr, int lda, T2* rest
    *
    * Modeled after blas/lapack for lda/ldb
    */
-template<typename T1, typename T2>
-void PosSoA2AoS(int nrows, int ncols, const T1* restrict iptr, int lda, T2* restrict out, int ldb)
+template<typename T>
+void PosSoA2AoS(int nrows, int ncols, const T* restrict iptr, int lda, T* restrict out, int ldb)
 {
-  const T1* restrict x = iptr;
-  const T1* restrict y = iptr + lda;
-  const T1* restrict z = iptr + 2 * lda;
+  const T* restrict x = iptr;
+  const T* restrict y = iptr + lda;
+  const T* restrict z = iptr + 2 * lda;
 #if !defined(__ibmxl__)
 #pragma omp simd aligned(x, y, z: QMC_SIMD_ALIGNMENT)
 #endif
diff --git a/src/Containers/OhmmsSoA/VectorSoaContainer.h b/src/Containers/OhmmsSoA/VectorSoaContainer.h
index 2a46be72de..00ee232ae2 100644
--- a/src/Containers/OhmmsSoA/VectorSoaContainer.h
+++ b/src/Containers/OhmmsSoA/VectorSoaContainer.h
@@ -208,11 +208,9 @@ struct VectorSoaContainer
        *
        * The same sizes are assumed.
        */
-  template<typename T1>
-  void copyIn(const Vector<TinyVector<T1, D>>& in)
+  void copyIn(const Vector<TinyVector<T, D>>& in)
   {
-    //if(nLocal!=in.size()) resize(in.size());
-    PosAoS2SoA(nLocal, D, reinterpret_cast<const T1*>(in.first_address()), D, myData, nGhosts);
+    PosAoS2SoA(nLocal, D, reinterpret_cast<const T*>(in.first_address()), D, myData, nGhosts);
   }
 
   /** SoA to AoS : copy to Vector<TinyVector<>>