diff --git a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseVector.h b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseVector.h
index 53647af99..741768109 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseVector.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseVector.h
@@ -205,13 +205,6 @@ class SparseVector
 
     inline SparseVector(Index rows, Index cols) : m_size(0) { resize(rows,cols); }
 
-    template<typename OtherDerived>
-    inline SparseVector(const MatrixBase<OtherDerived>& other)
-      : m_size(0)
-    {
-      *this = other.derived();
-    }
-
     template<typename OtherDerived>
     inline SparseVector(const SparseMatrixBase<OtherDerived>& other)
       : m_size(0)