diff --git a/dune/istl/bcrsmatrix.hh b/dune/istl/bcrsmatrix.hh
index 7cecddb393dd1a99ad68550a434e23cf251f2bec..3806a813b43caaf3fc6903035a72d5420486ad42 100644
--- a/dune/istl/bcrsmatrix.hh
+++ b/dune/istl/bcrsmatrix.hh
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ namespace Dune {
     //===== type definitions and constants
 
     //! export the type representing the field
-    using field_type = typename FieldTraits<B>::field_type;
+    using field_type = typename Imp::BlockTraits<B>::field_type;
 
     //! export the type representing the components
     typedef B block_type;
diff --git a/dune/istl/bdmatrix.hh b/dune/istl/bdmatrix.hh
index ce268ddb33bd483c8fa0d9c775e7e5004005c33f..19ed0f36cc6dbcb463aea8f45f90be668f47c09e 100644
--- a/dune/istl/bdmatrix.hh
+++ b/dune/istl/bdmatrix.hh
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 
-#include <dune/common/ftraits.hh>
 #include <dune/common/rangeutilities.hh>
 #include <dune/common/scalarmatrixview.hh>
 
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ namespace Dune {
     //===== type definitions and constants
 
     //! export the type representing the field
-    using field_type = typename FieldTraits<B>::field_type;
+    using field_type = typename Imp::BlockTraits<B>::field_type;
 
     //! export the type representing the components
     typedef B block_type;
diff --git a/dune/istl/btdmatrix.hh b/dune/istl/btdmatrix.hh
index f4dc981a85a4f96f3fcc950f2c03ba690f89c6da..2bd2a6ea12cda95289f7e32a00fe24bfddeff0e9 100644
--- a/dune/istl/btdmatrix.hh
+++ b/dune/istl/btdmatrix.hh
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #define DUNE_ISTL_BTDMATRIX_HH
 
 #include <dune/common/fmatrix.hh>
-#include <dune/common/ftraits.hh>
 #include <dune/common/scalarvectorview.hh>
 #include <dune/common/scalarmatrixview.hh>
 #include <dune/istl/bcrsmatrix.hh>
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ namespace Dune {
     //===== type definitions and constants
 
     //! export the type representing the field
-    using field_type = typename FieldTraits<B>::field_type;
+    using field_type = typename Imp::BlockTraits<B>::field_type;
 
     //! export the type representing the components
     typedef B block_type;
diff --git a/dune/istl/bvector.hh b/dune/istl/bvector.hh
index 6aa3582730a4fe24aea3411f2ed25109717262b2..28597e59ffc3c485fd1128cb6c9e188939a47b12 100644
--- a/dune/istl/bvector.hh
+++ b/dune/istl/bvector.hh
@@ -40,11 +40,32 @@ namespace Dune {
 /** \brief Everything in this namespace is internal to dune-istl, and may change without warning */
 namespace Imp {
 
+  /** \brief Define some derived types transparently for number types and dune-istl vector types
+   *
+   * This is the actual implementation.  Calling code should use BlockTraits instead.
+   * \tparam isNumber Whether B is a number type (true) or a dune-istl matrix or vector type (false)
+   */
+  template <class B, bool isNumber>
+  class BlockTraitsImp;
+
+  template <class B>
+  class BlockTraitsImp<B,true>
+  {
+  public:
+    using field_type = B;
+  };
+
+  template <class B>
+  class BlockTraitsImp<B,false>
+  {
+  public:
+    using field_type = typename B::field_type;
+  };
+
   /** \brief Define some derived types transparently for number types and dune-istl matrix/vector types
-   * \deprecated
    */
   template <class B>
-  using BlockTraits [[deprecated("Use FieldTraits instead.")]] = FieldTraits<B>;
+  using BlockTraits = BlockTraitsImp<B,IsNumber<B>::value>;
 
   /**
       \brief An unmanaged vector of blocks.
@@ -65,7 +86,7 @@ namespace Imp {
   public:
 
     //===== type definitions and constants
-    using field_type = typename FieldTraits<B>::field_type;
+    using field_type = typename Imp::BlockTraits<B>::field_type;
 
     //! export the type representing the components
     typedef B block_type;
@@ -156,7 +177,7 @@ namespace Imp {
     template<class OtherB, class OtherST>
     auto operator* (const block_vector_unmanaged<OtherB,OtherST>& y) const
     {
-      typedef typename PromotionTraits<field_type,typename FieldTraits<OtherB>::field_type>::PromotedType PromotedType;
+      typedef typename PromotionTraits<field_type,typename BlockTraits<OtherB>::field_type>::PromotedType PromotedType;
       PromotedType sum(0);
 #ifdef DUNE_ISTL_WITH_CHECKING
       if (this->n!=y.N()) DUNE_THROW(ISTLError,"vector size mismatch");
@@ -177,7 +198,7 @@ namespace Imp {
     template<class OtherB, class OtherST>
     auto dot(const block_vector_unmanaged<OtherB,OtherST>& y) const
     {
-      typedef typename PromotionTraits<field_type,typename FieldTraits<OtherB>::field_type>::PromotedType PromotedType;
+      typedef typename PromotionTraits<field_type,typename BlockTraits<OtherB>::field_type>::PromotedType PromotedType;
       PromotedType sum(0);
 #ifdef DUNE_ISTL_WITH_CHECKING
       if (this->n!=y.N()) DUNE_THROW(ISTLError,"vector size mismatch");
@@ -374,7 +395,7 @@ namespace Imp {
     //===== type definitions and constants
 
     //! export the type representing the field
-    using field_type = typename FieldTraits<B>::field_type;
+    using field_type = typename Imp::BlockTraits<B>::field_type;
 
     //! export the type representing the components
     typedef B block_type;
@@ -602,7 +623,7 @@ namespace Imp {
     //===== type definitions and constants
 
     //! export the type representing the field
-    using field_type = typename FieldTraits<B>::field_type;
+    using field_type = typename Imp::BlockTraits<B>::field_type;
 
     //! export the type representing the components
     typedef B block_type;
@@ -725,7 +746,7 @@ namespace Imp {
     //===== type definitions and constants
 
     //! export the type representing the field
-    using field_type = typename FieldTraits<B>::field_type;
+    using field_type = typename Imp::BlockTraits<B>::field_type;
 
     //! export the type representing the components
     typedef B block_type;
@@ -976,7 +997,7 @@ namespace Imp {
     //===== type definitions and constants
 
     //! export the type representing the field
-    using field_type = typename FieldTraits<B>::field_type;
+    using field_type = typename Imp::BlockTraits<B>::field_type;
 
     //! export the type representing the components
     typedef B block_type;
diff --git a/dune/istl/matrix.hh b/dune/istl/matrix.hh
index dc86fb100bc5171587b0ec37600b42a264ea1163..2aff17648313356e96570b53e5b2413be8be50e7 100644
--- a/dune/istl/matrix.hh
+++ b/dune/istl/matrix.hh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace MatrixImp
     //===== type definitions and constants
 
     //! export the type representing the field
-    using field_type = typename FieldTraits<B>::field_type;
+    using field_type = typename Imp::BlockTraits<B>::field_type;
 
     //! export the allocator type
     typedef A allocator_type;
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ namespace MatrixImp
   public:
 
     /** \brief Export the type representing the underlying field */
-    using field_type = typename FieldTraits<T>::field_type;
+    using field_type = typename Imp::BlockTraits<T>::field_type;
 
     /** \brief Export the type representing the components */
     typedef T block_type;
diff --git a/dune/istl/matrixmarket.hh b/dune/istl/matrixmarket.hh
index 05289d58cb34d5cc335071566d377f542e03c125..5c2d7825515880fd4841e8c74c1364bfab6cadea 100644
--- a/dune/istl/matrixmarket.hh
+++ b/dune/istl/matrixmarket.hh
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 #include <dune/common/exceptions.hh>
 #include <dune/common/fmatrix.hh>
-#include <dune/common/ftraits.hh>
 #include <dune/common/fvector.hh>
 #include <dune/common/hybridutilities.hh>
 #include <dune/common/stdstreams.hh>
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ namespace Dune
       static void print(std::ostream& os)
       {
         os<<"%%MatrixMarket matrix coordinate ";
-        os<<mm_numeric_type<Simd::Scalar<typename FieldTraits<T>::field_type>>::str()<<" general"<<std::endl;
+        os<<mm_numeric_type<Simd::Scalar<typename Imp::BlockTraits<T>::field_type>>::str()<<" general"<<std::endl;
       }
     };
 
@@ -190,7 +189,7 @@ namespace Dune
       static void print(std::ostream& os)
       {
         os<<"%%MatrixMarket matrix array ";
-        os<<mm_numeric_type<Simd::Scalar<typename FieldTraits<B>::field_type>>::str()<<" general"<<std::endl;
+        os<<mm_numeric_type<Simd::Scalar<typename Imp::BlockTraits<B>::field_type>>::str()<<" general"<<std::endl;
       }
     };
 
diff --git a/dune/istl/vbvector.hh b/dune/istl/vbvector.hh
index 89dd0962e918e931208b8d3821d081b4191468d7..681df8c85e6ed24ce8a58dff2919edda5cb85678 100644
--- a/dune/istl/vbvector.hh
+++ b/dune/istl/vbvector.hh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ namespace Dune {
     //===== type definitions and constants
 
     //! export the type representing the field
-    using field_type = typename FieldTraits<B>::field_type;
+    using field_type = typename Imp::BlockTraits<B>::field_type;
 
     //! export the allocator type
     typedef A allocator_type;