diff --git a/src/Containers/OhmmsSoA/PosTransformer.h b/src/Containers/OhmmsSoA/PosTransformer.h
index f7cec870d0..3c85cda8bc 100644
--- a/src/Containers/OhmmsSoA/PosTransformer.h
+++ b/src/Containers/OhmmsSoA/PosTransformer.h
@@ -102,12 +102,12 @@ namespace qmcplusplus
    *
    * Modeled after blas/lapack for lda/ldb
    */
-template<typename T1, typename T2>
-void PosAoS2SoA(int nrows, int ncols, const T1* restrict iptr, int lda, T2* restrict out, int ldb)
+template<typename T>
+void PosAoS2SoA(int nrows, int ncols, const T* restrict iptr, int lda, T* restrict out, int ldb)
 {
-  T2* restrict x = out;
-  T2* restrict y = out + ldb;
-  T2* restrict z = out + 2 * ldb;
+  T* restrict x = out;
+  T* restrict y = out + ldb;
+  T* restrict z = out + 2 * ldb;
 #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 00ee232ae2..5806818804 100644
--- a/src/Containers/OhmmsSoA/VectorSoaContainer.h
+++ b/src/Containers/OhmmsSoA/VectorSoaContainer.h
@@ -217,10 +217,9 @@ struct VectorSoaContainer
        *
        * The same sizes are assumed.
        */
-  template<typename T1>
-  void copyOut(Vector<TinyVector<T1, D>>& out) const
+  void copyOut(Vector<TinyVector<T, D>>& out) const
   {
-    PosSoA2AoS(nLocal, D, myData, nGhosts, reinterpret_cast<T1*>(out.first_address()), D);
+    PosSoA2AoS(nLocal, D, myData, nGhosts, reinterpret_cast<T*>(out.first_address()), D);
   }
 
   /** return TinyVector<T,D>