diff --git a/src/sage/libs/linbox/conversion.pxd b/src/sage/libs/linbox/conversion.pxd
index 7794c9e..1753277 100644
--- a/src/sage/libs/linbox/conversion.pxd
+++ b/src/sage/libs/linbox/conversion.pxd
@@ -177,9 +177,8 @@ cdef inline Vector_integer_dense new_sage_vector_integer_dense(P, DenseVector_in
     - v -- linbox vector
     """
     cdef Vector_integer_dense res = P()
-    cdef cppvector[Integer] * vec = &v.refRep()
     cdef size_t i
     for i in range(<size_t> res._degree):
-        mpz_set(res._entries[i], vec[0][i].get_mpz_const())
+        mpz_set(res._entries[i], v.getEntry(i).get_mpz_const())
 
     return res
diff --git a/src/sage/libs/linbox/linbox.pxd b/src/sage/libs/linbox/linbox.pxd
index 9112d15..dcc4829 100644
--- a/src/sage/libs/linbox/linbox.pxd
+++ b/src/sage/libs/linbox/linbox.pxd
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ cdef extern from "linbox/matrix/dense-matrix.h":
         ctypedef Modular_double Field
         ctypedef double Element
         DenseMatrix_Modular_double(Field F, size_t m, size_t n)
-        DenseMatrix_Modular_double(Field F, Element*, size_t m, size_t n)
+        DenseMatrix_Modular_double(Field F, size_t m, size_t n, Element*)
         void setEntry(size_t i, size_t j, Element& a)
         Element &getEntry(size_t i, size_t j)
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ cdef extern from "linbox/matrix/dense-matrix.h":
         ctypedef Modular_float Field
         ctypedef float Element
         DenseMatrix_Modular_float(Field F, size_t m, size_t n)
-        DenseMatrix_Modular_float(Field F, Element*, size_t m, size_t n)
+        DenseMatrix_Modular_float(Field F, size_t m, size_t n, Element*)
         void setEntry(size_t i, size_t j, Element& a)
         Element &getEntry(size_t i, size_t j)
 
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ cdef extern from "linbox/vector/vector.h":
         DenseVector_integer (Field &F)
         DenseVector_integer (Field &F, long& m)
         DenseVector_integer (Field &F, cppvector[Integer]&)
-        cppvector[Element]& refRep()
         size_t size()
         void resize(size_t)
         void resize(size_t n, const Element&)
diff --git a/src/sage/matrix/matrix_modn_dense_template.pxi b/src/sage/matrix/matrix_modn_dense_template.pxi
index 010365d..3d60726 100644
--- a/src/sage/matrix/matrix_modn_dense_template.pxi
+++ b/src/sage/matrix/matrix_modn_dense_template.pxi
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ cdef inline linbox_echelonize_efd(celement modulus, celement* entries, Py_ssize_
         return 0,[]
 
     cdef ModField *F = new ModField(<long>modulus)
-    cdef DenseMatrix *A = new DenseMatrix(F[0], <ModField.Element*>entries,<Py_ssize_t>nrows, <Py_ssize_t>ncols)
+    cdef DenseMatrix *A = new DenseMatrix(F[0], <Py_ssize_t>nrows, <Py_ssize_t>ncols, <ModField.Element*>entries)
     cdef Py_ssize_t r = reducedRowEchelonize(A[0])
     cdef Py_ssize_t i,j
     for i in range(nrows):