diff --git a/include/armadillo_bits/arrayops_bones.hpp b/include/armadillo_bits/arrayops_bones.hpp
index 2bdb31e0..efccad44 100644
--- a/include/armadillo_bits/arrayops_bones.hpp
+++ b/include/armadillo_bits/arrayops_bones.hpp
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ class arrayops
   arma_inline static void
   copy(eT* dest, const eT* src, const uword n_elem);
   
-  template<typename eT>
-  arma_cold inline static void
-  copy_small(eT* dest, const eT* src, const uword n_elem);
-  
   template<typename eT>
   inline static void
   fill_zeros(eT* dest, const uword n_elem);
diff --git a/include/armadillo_bits/arrayops_meat.hpp b/include/armadillo_bits/arrayops_meat.hpp
index 59ff6b2c..7377c603 100644
--- a/include/armadillo_bits/arrayops_meat.hpp
+++ b/include/armadillo_bits/arrayops_meat.hpp
@@ -28,53 +28,7 @@ arrayops::copy(eT* dest, const eT* src, const uword n_elem)
   {
   if( (dest == src) || (n_elem == 0) )  { return; }
   
-  if(is_cx<eT>::no)
-    {
-    if(n_elem <= 9)
-      {
-      arrayops::copy_small(dest, src, n_elem);
-      }
-    else
-      {
-      std::memcpy(dest, src, n_elem*sizeof(eT));
-      }
-    }
-  else
-    {
-    std::memcpy(dest, src, n_elem*sizeof(eT));
-    }
-  }
-
-
-
-template<typename eT>
-arma_cold
-inline
-void
-arrayops::copy_small(eT* dest, const eT* src, const uword n_elem)
-  {
-  switch(n_elem)
-    {
-    case  9:  dest[ 8] = src[ 8];
-    // fallthrough
-    case  8:  dest[ 7] = src[ 7];
-    // fallthrough
-    case  7:  dest[ 6] = src[ 6];
-    // fallthrough
-    case  6:  dest[ 5] = src[ 5];
-    // fallthrough
-    case  5:  dest[ 4] = src[ 4];
-    // fallthrough
-    case  4:  dest[ 3] = src[ 3];
-    // fallthrough
-    case  3:  dest[ 2] = src[ 2];
-    // fallthrough
-    case  2:  dest[ 1] = src[ 1];
-    // fallthrough
-    case  1:  dest[ 0] = src[ 0];
-    // fallthrough
-    default:  ;
-    }
+  std::memcpy(dest, src, n_elem*sizeof(eT));
   }