diff --git a/examples/poisson-mfem.cc b/examples/poisson-mfem.cc
index 2ab2f14bab6048279b6ef7261a5da3e53e8894e1..101079aecd67703b9cb2365a9c667f0e438047f9 100644
--- a/examples/poisson-mfem.cc
+++ b/examples/poisson-mfem.cc
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
   //   Stiffness matrix and right hand side vector
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-  using Matrix = Dune::Matrix<Dune::BCRSMatrix<Dune::FieldMatrix<double,1,1> > >;
-  using Vector = Dune::BlockVector<Dune::BlockVector<Dune::FieldVector<double,1> > >;
-  using BitVector = Dune::BlockVector<Dune::BlockVector<Dune::FieldVector<char,1> > >;
+  using Matrix = Dune::Matrix<Dune::BCRSMatrix<double> >;
+  using Vector = Dune::BlockVector<Dune::BlockVector<double> >;
+  using BitVector = Dune::BlockVector<Dune::BlockVector<char> >;
 
   using Functions::istlVectorBackend;
 
diff --git a/examples/poisson-nitsche.cc b/examples/poisson-nitsche.cc
index 7ec7d3b148b219572b46925a3f26f471bb985b31..64f2766cc7c74671c0ff055c1b8a382ab62dabcc 100644
--- a/examples/poisson-nitsche.cc
+++ b/examples/poisson-nitsche.cc
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[]) try
   //   Stiffness matrix and right hand side vector
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-  using Vector = Dune::BlockVector<Dune::FieldVector<double,1>>;
-  using Matrix = Dune::BCRSMatrix<Dune::FieldMatrix<double,1,1>>;
+  using Vector = Dune::BlockVector<double>;
+  using Matrix = Dune::BCRSMatrix<double>;
 
   Vector rhs;
   Matrix stiffnessMatrix;
diff --git a/examples/stokes-taylorhood.cc b/examples/stokes-taylorhood.cc
index a4acb45575df85986c7b93d6e3b21ea23341ac7f..213768497313cb60f5c2f40b01a61f2877b4d755 100644
--- a/examples/stokes-taylorhood.cc
+++ b/examples/stokes-taylorhood.cc
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[]) try
   using Matrix = MultiTypeBlockMatrix<MatrixRow0,MatrixRow1>;
   // { linear_algebra_setup_end }
 #else
-  using Vector = BlockVector<BlockVector<FieldVector<double,1> > >;
-  using BitVector = BlockVector<BlockVector<FieldVector<char,1> > >;
-  using Matrix = Dune::Matrix<BCRSMatrix<FieldMatrix<double,1,1> > >;
+  using Vector = BlockVector<BlockVector<double> >;
+  using BitVector = BlockVector<BlockVector<char> >;
+  using Matrix = Dune::Matrix<BCRSMatrix<double> >;
 #endif
 
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////