diff --git a/include/boost/numeric/ublas/config.hpp b/include/boost/numeric/ublas/config.hpp
index 1b8bebbd..b093a731 100644
--- a/include/boost/numeric/ublas/config.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/numeric/ublas/config.hpp
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ bool disable_type_check<Dummy>::value = false;
  */
 
 // Operator () is alreadly heavily over used. Use project member function for proxies
-#define BOOST_UBLAS_NO_PROXY_SHORTCUTS
+//#define BOOST_UBLAS_NO_PROXY_SHORTCUTS
 
 // In order to simplify debugging is is possible to simplify expression template
 // so they are restricted to a single operation