diff --git a/dune/tectonic/globallaursennonlinearity.hh b/dune/tectonic/globallaursennonlinearity.hh
index a0f3916417d1814d39f7241ae405e6b3a83d6a0d..4bf9dd87bc5bf5ff6a0abfe6ff4161403daf29ca 100644
--- a/dune/tectonic/globallaursennonlinearity.hh
+++ b/dune/tectonic/globallaursennonlinearity.hh
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@
 #include "nicefunction.hh"
 
 namespace Dune {
-template <int dim, class OuterFunctionType,
-          class VectorType = BlockVector<FieldVector<double, dim>>,
-          class MatrixType = BCRSMatrix<FieldMatrix<double, dim, dim>>>
+template <int dim, class OuterFunctionType, class VectorType, class MatrixType>
 class GlobalLaursenNonlinearity
     : public GlobalNonlinearity<dim, VectorType, MatrixType> {
 public:
diff --git a/dune/tectonic/globalnonlinearity.hh b/dune/tectonic/globalnonlinearity.hh
index e3d7ab7afb8ddd67a27ba62ba92b317bebec6a38..61f5c7447c9e0029f266b51997ff8a2cfa1ea936 100644
--- a/dune/tectonic/globalnonlinearity.hh
+++ b/dune/tectonic/globalnonlinearity.hh
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@
 #include "localnonlinearity.hh"
 
 namespace Dune {
-template <int dim,
-          class VectorTypeTEMPLATE = BlockVector<FieldVector<double, dim>>,
-          class MatrixTypeTEMPLATE = BCRSMatrix<FieldMatrix<double, dim, dim>>>
+template <int dim, class VectorTypeTEMPLATE, class MatrixTypeTEMPLATE>
 class GlobalNonlinearity {
 public:
   typedef VectorTypeTEMPLATE VectorType;
diff --git a/dune/tectonic/globalruinanonlinearity.hh b/dune/tectonic/globalruinanonlinearity.hh
index cc85463123e2ffca3231cdb67247698d800a7779..c3643cf12265d682d1e6d798b185fe0bd3324d56 100644
--- a/dune/tectonic/globalruinanonlinearity.hh
+++ b/dune/tectonic/globalruinanonlinearity.hh
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 #include "nicefunction.hh"
 
 namespace Dune {
-template <int dim, class VectorType = BlockVector<FieldVector<double, dim>>,
-          class MatrixType = BCRSMatrix<FieldMatrix<double, dim, dim>>>
+template <int dim, class VectorType, class MatrixType>
 class GlobalRuinaNonlinearity
     : public GlobalNonlinearity<dim, VectorType, MatrixType> {
 public: