diff --git a/dune/tectonic/samplefunctional.hh b/dune/tectonic/samplefunctional.hh
index 780d0d70b36726fa1cbcaa3a2e53785ffa6049ef..d2779321c26a22d62af3efcc3722262109745f4b 100644
--- a/dune/tectonic/samplefunctional.hh
+++ b/dune/tectonic/samplefunctional.hh
@@ -175,9 +175,8 @@ void minimise(Functional const J, typename Functional::SmallVector &x,
       J.A.mmv(x, tmp);                     //  b-Au
       double const JRestb = tmp * descDir; // <b-Au,v>
 
-      typedef MyDirectionalConvexFunction<LocalNonlinearityType>
-      MyDirectionalConvexFunctionType;
-      MyDirectionalConvexFunctionType JRest(JRestA, JRestb, *J.phi, x, descDir);
+      MyDirectionalConvexFunction<LocalNonlinearityType> JRest(
+          JRestA, JRestb, *J.phi, x, descDir);
       // }}}
 
       { // Debug
@@ -215,8 +214,7 @@ void minimise(Functional const J, typename Functional::SmallVector &x,
       Bisection slowBisection(bisection);
       slowBisection.setFastQuadratic(false);
 
-      typedef CurvedFunction<LocalNonlinearityType> MyCurvedFunctionType;
-      MyCurvedFunctionType JRest(J.A, J.b, *J.phi, x, descDir);
+      CurvedFunction<LocalNonlinearityType> JRest(J.A, J.b, *J.phi, x, descDir);
 
       int count;
       double const stepsize = slowBisection.minimize(JRest, 0.0, 1.0, count);