diff --git a/ql/experimental/credit/randomdefaultlatentmodel.hpp b/ql/experimental/credit/randomdefaultlatentmodel.hpp
index 48767485d1b..18c288af9e4 100644
--- a/ql/experimental/credit/randomdefaultlatentmodel.hpp
+++ b/ql/experimental/credit/randomdefaultlatentmodel.hpp
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ namespace QuantLib {
     class RandomDefaultLM : public RandomLM<RandomDefaultLM, copulaPolicy, USNG>
     {
     private:
-        typedef simEvent<RandomDefaultLM> defaultSimEvent;
+        using defaultSimEvent = simEvent<RandomDefaultLM>;
 
         // \todo Consider this to be only a ConstantLossLM instead
         const ext::shared_ptr<DefaultLatentModel<copulaPolicy> > model_;
diff --git a/ql/experimental/math/latentmodel.hpp b/ql/experimental/math/latentmodel.hpp
index c5b5ae5b68a..dda6ae39602 100644
--- a/ql/experimental/math/latentmodel.hpp
+++ b/ql/experimental/math/latentmodel.hpp
@@ -102,14 +102,15 @@ namespace QuantLib {
     
     // gcc reports value collision with heston engine (?!) thats why the name
     namespace LatentModelIntegrationType {
-        typedef 
+
         enum LatentModelIntegrationType {
             #ifndef QL_PATCH_SOLARIS
             GaussianQuadrature,
             #endif
             Trapezoid
             // etc....
-        } LatentModelIntegrationType;
+        };
+
     }
 
     #ifndef QL_PATCH_SOLARIS