diff --git a/Modules/OpenIGTLink/mitkIGTLDummyMessage.h b/Modules/OpenIGTLink/mitkIGTLDummyMessage.h
index 9ebd122a2b..13f7ee48e3 100644
--- a/Modules/OpenIGTLink/mitkIGTLDummyMessage.h
+++ b/Modules/OpenIGTLink/mitkIGTLDummyMessage.h
@@ -1,67 +1,62 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
 All rights reserved.
 
 Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
 found in the LICENSE file.
 
 ============================================================================*/
 
 #ifndef MITKIGTLDUMMYMESSAGE_H
 #define MITKIGTLDUMMYMESSAGE_H
 
 #include "MitkOpenIGTLinkExports.h"
 
 #include "igtlObject.h"
 #include "igtlStringMessage.h"
 #include "mitkIGTLMessageCloneHandler.h"
 
 namespace mitk
 {
 
 /**
  * \class IGTLDummyMessage
  * \brief This class is a dummy message to show how to implement a new message type
 */
 class MITKOPENIGTLINK_EXPORT IGTLDummyMessage : public igtl::StringMessage
 {
 public:
-  typedef IGTLDummyMessage                     Self;
-  typedef StringMessage                        Superclass;
-  typedef igtl::SmartPointer<Self>             Pointer;
-  typedef igtl::SmartPointer<const Self>       ConstPointer;
-
   igtlTypeMacro(mitk::IGTLDummyMessage, igtl::StringMessage);
   igtlNewMacro(mitk::IGTLDummyMessage);
 
 public:
   /**
    * Set dummy string
    */
   void SetDummyString( const std::string& dummyString );
 
   /**
    * Get dummy string
    */
   std::string GetDummyString();
 
   /**
    * Returns a clone of itself
    */
   igtl::MessageBase::Pointer Clone() override ;
 
 protected:
   IGTLDummyMessage();
   ~IGTLDummyMessage() override;
 
   std::string m_dummyString;
 };
 
 mitkIGTMessageCloneClassMacro(IGTLDummyMessage, DummyMsgCloneHandler);
 
 } // namespace mitk
 
 #endif