diff --git a/src/operator/MetaOperatorDefs/PaddedAvgPooling.cpp b/src/operator/MetaOperatorDefs/PaddedAvgPooling.cpp
index 4ecf6f105725e693180bb4dbbbcb7731667f5a08..ef319ef38ad18de9eaed0a1d4a92c3877ee7cf8e 100644
--- a/src/operator/MetaOperatorDefs/PaddedAvgPooling.cpp
+++ b/src/operator/MetaOperatorDefs/PaddedAvgPooling.cpp
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ std::shared_ptr<Node> PaddedAvgPooling(const std::array<DimSize_t, DIM> &kernel_
 
 template std::shared_ptr<Node> PaddedAvgPooling<1>(const std::array<DimSize_t,1>&, const std::string&, const std::array<DimSize_t,1>&, const std::array<DimSize_t,2>&);
 template std::shared_ptr<Node> PaddedAvgPooling<2>(const std::array<DimSize_t,2>&, const std::string&, const std::array<DimSize_t,2>&, const std::array<DimSize_t,4>&);
-template std::shared_ptr<Node> PaddedAvgPooling<3>(const std::array<DimSize_t,3>&, const std::string&, const std::array<DimSize_t,3>&, const std::array<DimSize_t,6>&);
-template std::shared_ptr<Node> PaddedAvgPooling<4>(const std::array<DimSize_t,4>&, const std::string&, const std::array<DimSize_t,4>&, const std::array<DimSize_t,8>&);
 
 // helper with C-style array instead of std::array for kernel_dims to allow automatic template DIM deduction
 template <DimSize_t DIM>
@@ -61,8 +59,6 @@ std::shared_ptr<Node> PaddedAvgPooling(const DimSize_t (&kernel_dims)[DIM],
 
 template std::shared_ptr<Node> PaddedAvgPooling<1>(const DimSize_t (&kernel_dims)[1], const std::string&, const std::array<DimSize_t,1>&, const std::array<DimSize_t,2>&);
 template std::shared_ptr<Node> PaddedAvgPooling<2>(const DimSize_t (&kernel_dims)[2], const std::string&, const std::array<DimSize_t,2>&, const std::array<DimSize_t,4>&);
-template std::shared_ptr<Node> PaddedAvgPooling<3>(const DimSize_t (&kernel_dims)[3], const std::string&, const std::array<DimSize_t,3>&, const std::array<DimSize_t,6>&);
-template std::shared_ptr<Node> PaddedAvgPooling<4>(const DimSize_t (&kernel_dims)[4], const std::string&, const std::array<DimSize_t,4>&, const std::array<DimSize_t,8>&);
 
 
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