diff --git a/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/decl.cc b/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/decl.cc
index 494b24e2111..ee913a017d2 100644
--- a/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/decl.cc
+++ b/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/decl.cc
@@ -163,17 +163,6 @@ struct GTY((for_user)) tree_entity_vec_map
   vec<Entity_Id, va_gc_atomic> *to;
 };
 
-void
-gt_pch_nx (Entity_Id &)
-{
-}
-
-void
-gt_pch_nx (Entity_Id *x, gt_pointer_operator op, void *cookie)
-{
-  op (x, NULL, cookie);
-}
-
 struct dummy_type_hasher : ggc_cache_ptr_hash<tree_entity_vec_map>
 {
   static inline hashval_t
diff --git a/gcc/vec.h b/gcc/vec.h
index 36918915701..6f7b0487eb6 100644
--- a/gcc/vec.h
+++ b/gcc/vec.h
@@ -1390,6 +1390,13 @@ gt_pch_nx (vec<T, A, vl_embed> *v)
     gt_pch_nx ((*v)[i]);
 }
 
+template<typename T>
+void
+gt_pch_nx (vec<T, va_gc_atomic, vl_embed> *)
+{
+  /* No pointers to note.  */
+}
+
 template<typename T, typename A>
 void
 gt_pch_nx (vec<T *, A, vl_embed> *v, gt_pointer_operator op, void *cookie)
@@ -1407,6 +1414,13 @@ gt_pch_nx (vec<T, A, vl_embed> *v, gt_pointer_operator op, void *cookie)
     gt_pch_nx (&((*v)[i]), op, cookie);
 }
 
+template<typename T>
+void
+gt_pch_nx (vec<T, va_gc_atomic, vl_embed> *, gt_pointer_operator, void *)
+{
+  /* No pointers to note.  */
+}
+
 
 /* Space efficient vector.  These vectors can grow dynamically and are
    allocated together with their control data.  They are suited to be
@@ -2286,12 +2300,12 @@ public:
   array_slice (vec<OtherT> &v)
     : m_base (v.address ()), m_size (v.length ()) {}
 
-  template<typename OtherT>
-  array_slice (const vec<OtherT, va_gc> *v)
+  template<typename OtherT, typename A>
+  array_slice (const vec<OtherT, A, vl_embed> *v)
     : m_base (v ? v->address () : nullptr), m_size (v ? v->length () : 0) {}
 
-  template<typename OtherT>
-  array_slice (vec<OtherT, va_gc> *v)
+  template<typename OtherT, typename A>
+  array_slice (vec<OtherT, A, vl_embed> *v)
     : m_base (v ? v->address () : nullptr), m_size (v ? v->length () : 0) {}
 
   iterator begin () { return m_base; }