diff --git a/src/indexing.jl b/src/indexing.jl
index 80563e18..4025bf40 100644
--- a/src/indexing.jl
+++ b/src/indexing.jl
@@ -13,31 +13,6 @@
     end
 end
 
-# Tuple indexing into AbstractArray. TODO, move into base
-@generated function getindex{S}(a::AbstractArray, inds::NTuple{S,Integer})
-    exprs = [:(a[inds[$i]]) for i = 1:S]
-    return quote
-        $(Expr(:meta, :inline, :propagate_inbounds))
-        return $(Expr(:tuple, exprs...))
-    end
-end
-# Convert to StaticArrays using tuples
-# TODO think about bounds checks here.
-@generated function getindex{S,T}(m::AbstractArray{T}, inds1::NTuple{S, Integer}, i2::Integer)
-    exprs = [:(m[inds1[$j], i2]) for j = 1:S]
-    return Expr(:tuple, exprs...)
-end
-
-@generated function getindex{S,T}(m::AbstractArray{T}, i1::Integer, inds2::NTuple{S, Integer})
-    exprs = [:(m[i1, inds2[$j]]) for j = 1:S]
-    return Expr(:tuple, exprs...)
-end
-
-@generated function getindex{S1,S2,T}(m::AbstractArray{T}, inds1::NTuple{S1, Integer}, inds2::NTuple{S2, Integer})
-    exprs = [:(m[inds1[$j1], inds2[$j2]]) for j1 = 1:S1, j2 = 1:S2]
-    return Expr(:call, SMatrix{S1,S2,T}, Expr(:tuple, exprs...)) # TODO decision: return tuple? Leave it?
-end
-
 # Static Vector indexing into AbstractArrays
 @generated function getindex{T, I <: Integer}(
         a::AbstractArray{T}, inds::StaticVector{I}
diff --git a/test/indexing.jl b/test/indexing.jl
index 9548fa92..d2b70a30 100644
--- a/test/indexing.jl
+++ b/test/indexing.jl
@@ -23,13 +23,8 @@
 
     @testset "Linear getindex()/setindex!() with a SVector on an Array" begin
         v = [11,12,13]
-        m = [1.0 2.0; 3.0 4.0]
-
-        @test v[(2,3)] === (12, 13)
-        @test m[(2,3)] === (3.0, 2.0)
 
         @test (v[SVector(2,3)] = [22,23]; (v[2] == 22) & (v[3] == 23))
-
     end
 
     @testset "2D getindex() on SMatrix" begin
@@ -70,14 +65,6 @@
         @test (mm = MMatrix{2,2,Int}(); mm[:,1] = sm[:,1]; (@inferred getindex(mm, :, 1))::MVector == @MVector [1,2])
     end
 
-    @testset "2D getindex() with tuples on an Array" begin
-        m = [1.0 2.0; 3.0 4.0]
-
-        @test m[(1,2), (1,2)] === @SMatrix [1.0 2.0; 3.0 4.0]
-        @test m[1, (1,2)] ===  (1.0, 2.0)
-        @test m[(1,2), 1] ===  (1.0, 3.0)
-    end
-
     @testset "3D scalar indexing" begin
         sa = SArray{(2,2,2), Int}([i*j*k for i = 1:2, j = 2:3, k=3:4])