diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/GeneralProduct.h b/Eigen/src/Core/GeneralProduct.h
index 29ac522d2..5744eb71e 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/GeneralProduct.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/GeneralProduct.h
@@ -205,9 +205,6 @@ class GeneralProduct<Lhs, Rhs, InnerProduct>
   public:
     GeneralProduct(const Lhs& lhs, const Rhs& rhs)
     {
-      EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT((internal::is_same<typename Lhs::RealScalar, typename Rhs::RealScalar>::value),
-        YOU_MIXED_DIFFERENT_NUMERIC_TYPES__YOU_NEED_TO_USE_THE_CAST_METHOD_OF_MATRIXBASE_TO_CAST_NUMERIC_TYPES_EXPLICITLY)
-
       Base::coeffRef(0,0) = (lhs.transpose().cwiseProduct(rhs)).sum();
     }
 
@@ -264,8 +261,6 @@ class GeneralProduct<Lhs, Rhs, OuterProduct>
 
     GeneralProduct(const Lhs& lhs, const Rhs& rhs) : Base(lhs,rhs)
     {
-      EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT((internal::is_same<typename Lhs::RealScalar, typename Rhs::RealScalar>::value),
-        YOU_MIXED_DIFFERENT_NUMERIC_TYPES__YOU_NEED_TO_USE_THE_CAST_METHOD_OF_MATRIXBASE_TO_CAST_NUMERIC_TYPES_EXPLICITLY)
     }
     
     struct set  { template<typename Dst, typename Src> void operator()(const Dst& dst, const Src& src) const { dst.const_cast_derived()  = src; } };