diff --git a/src/interfaces/swig/shogun.i b/src/interfaces/swig/shogun.i
index f1ce36cb7f8..51f2e7f716f 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/swig/shogun.i
+++ b/src/interfaces/swig/shogun.i
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ namespace shogun
 
 %extend CSGObject
 {
-	template <typename T, typename U= typename std::enable_if_t<std::is_arithmetic<T>::value>>
+	template <typename T>
 	void put_scalar_dispatcher(const std::string& name, T value)
 	{
 		Tag<T> tag_t(name);
@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@ namespace shogun
 #endif // SWIGJAVA
 }
 
-%template(put) CSGObject::put_scalar_dispatcher<int32_t, int32_t>;
+%template(put) CSGObject::put_scalar_dispatcher<int32_t>;
 #ifndef SWIGJAVA
-%template(put) CSGObject::put_scalar_dispatcher<int64_t, int64_t>;
+%template(put) CSGObject::put_scalar_dispatcher<int64_t>;
 #endif // SWIGJAVA
-%template(put) CSGObject::put_scalar_dispatcher<float64_t, float64_t>;
+%template(put) CSGObject::put_scalar_dispatcher<float64_t>;
 
 
 #ifndef SWIGJAVA