4 files changed, 5 insertions, 55 deletions
diff --git a/host/include/uhd/property_tree.hpp b/host/include/uhd/property_tree.hpp
index d97a5505e..11b92393a 100644
--- a/host/include/uhd/property_tree.hpp
+++ b/host/include/uhd/property_tree.hpp
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <boost/function.hpp>
 #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
 #include <boost/utility.hpp>
-#include <typeindex>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace uhd {
@@ -253,15 +252,10 @@ private:
     virtual boost::shared_ptr<void> _pop(const fs_path& path) = 0;
 
     //! Internal create property with wild-card type
-    virtual void _create(const fs_path& path, const boost::shared_ptr<void>& prop,
-        std::type_index prop_type) = 0;
+    virtual void _create(const fs_path& path, const boost::shared_ptr<void>& prop) = 0;
 
     //! Internal access property with wild-card type
     virtual boost::shared_ptr<void>& _access(const fs_path& path) const = 0;
-
-    //! Internal access property with wild-card type but with type verification
-    virtual boost::shared_ptr<void>& _access_with_type_check(
-        const fs_path& path, std::type_index expected_prop_type) const = 0;
 };
 
 } // namespace uhd
diff --git a/host/include/uhd/property_tree.ipp b/host/include/uhd/property_tree.ipp
index 20ad43fb1..ca5d6904f 100644
--- a/host/include/uhd/property_tree.ipp
+++ b/host/include/uhd/property_tree.ipp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <uhd/exception.hpp>
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
 #include <boost/scoped_ptr.hpp>
-#include <typeindex>
 #include <vector>
 
 /***********************************************************************
@@ -183,16 +182,14 @@ template <typename T>
 property<T>& property_tree::create(const fs_path& path, coerce_mode_t coerce_mode)
 {
     this->_create(path,
-        typename boost::shared_ptr<property<T> >(new property_impl<T>(coerce_mode)),
-        std::type_index(typeid(T)));
+        typename boost::shared_ptr<property<T> >(new property_impl<T>(coerce_mode)));
     return this->access<T>(path);
 }
 
 template <typename T>
 property<T>& property_tree::access(const fs_path& path)
 {
-    return *boost::static_pointer_cast<property<T> >(
-        this->_access_with_type_check(path, std::type_index(typeid(T))));
+    return *boost::static_pointer_cast<property<T> >(this->_access(path));
 }
 
 template <typename T>
diff --git a/host/lib/property_tree.cpp b/host/lib/property_tree.cpp
index 6f797bc2e..85868b27c 100644
--- a/host/lib/property_tree.cpp
+++ b/host/lib/property_tree.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <boost/make_shared.hpp>
 #include <boost/thread/mutex.hpp>
 #include <iostream>
-#include <typeindex>
 
 using namespace uhd;
 
@@ -157,8 +156,7 @@ public:
         return prop;
     }
 
-    void _create(const fs_path& path_, const boost::shared_ptr<void>& prop,
-        std::type_index prop_type)
+    void _create(const fs_path& path_, const boost::shared_ptr<void>& prop)
     {
         const fs_path path = _root / path_;
         boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(_guts->mutex);
@@ -173,7 +171,6 @@ public:
             throw uhd::runtime_error(
                 "Cannot create! Property already exists at: " + path);
         node->prop = prop;
-        node->prop_type_hash = prop_type.hash_code();
     }
 
     boost::shared_ptr<void>& _access(const fs_path& path_) const
@@ -192,25 +189,6 @@ public:
         return node->prop;
     }
 
-    boost::shared_ptr<void>& _access_with_type_check(
-        const fs_path& path_, std::type_index expected_prop_type) const
-    {
-        const fs_path path = _root / path_;
-        boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(_guts->mutex);
-
-        node_type* node = &_guts->root;
-        for (const std::string& name : path_tokenizer(path)) {
-            if (not node->has_key(name))
-                throw_path_not_found(path);
-            node = &(*node)[name];
-        }
-        if (node->prop.get() == NULL)
-            throw uhd::runtime_error("Cannot access! Property uninitialized at: " + path);
-        if (node->prop_type_hash != expected_prop_type.hash_code())
-            throw uhd::runtime_error("Cannot access! Property types do not match at: " + path);
-        return node->prop;
-    }
-
 private:
     void throw_path_not_found(const fs_path& path) const
     {
@@ -221,7 +199,6 @@ private:
     struct node_type : uhd::dict<std::string, node_type>
     {
         boost::shared_ptr<void> prop;
-        std::size_t prop_type_hash;
     };
 
     // tree guts which may be referenced in a subtree
diff --git a/host/tests/property_test.cpp b/host/tests/property_test.cpp
index 732e3ca84..907ca9f73 100644
--- a/host/tests/property_test.cpp
+++ b/host/tests/property_test.cpp
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_prop_subtree)
         tree_dirs2.begin(), tree_dirs2.end(), subtree2_dirs.begin(), subtree2_dirs.end());
 }
 
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_prop_operators)
 {
     uhd::fs_path path1 = "/root/";
@@ -258,22 +259,3 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_prop_operators)
     path4              = path4 / x;
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(path4, "/root/2");
 }
-
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_mismatched_type_access)
-{
-    uhd::property_tree::sptr tree = uhd::property_tree::make();
-
-    // accesses of the correct type should succeed
-    tree->create<int>("/intprop");
-    tree->create<double>("/doubleprop");
-    tree->create<std::string>("/stringprop");
-    BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(tree->access<int>("/intprop"));
-    BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(tree->access<double>("/doubleprop"));
-    BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(tree->access<std::string>("/stringprop"));
-
-    // accesses of the incorrect type should throw an exception
-    BOOST_CHECK_THROW(tree->access<int>("/doubleprop"), uhd::runtime_error);
-    BOOST_CHECK_THROW(tree->access<double>("/stringprop"), uhd::runtime_error);
-    BOOST_CHECK_THROW(tree->access<std::string>("/intprop"), uhd::runtime_error);
-}
-