diff --git a/src/GroupRings.jl b/src/GroupRings.jl
index b5b8316..2586a62 100644
--- a/src/GroupRings.jl
+++ b/src/GroupRings.jl
@@ -299,17 +299,7 @@ end
 *(a::Union{AbstractFloat, Integer, RingElem, Rational}, X::GroupRingElem) = mul(a,X)
 
 (/)(X::GroupRingElem, a) = 1/a*X
-
-function (//){T<:Integer, S<:Integer}(X::GroupRingElem{T}, a::S)
-   U = typeof(X[1]//a)
-   warn("Rational division: promoting result to $U")
-   return convert(U, X)//a
-end
-
-(//){T<:Rational, S<:Rational}(X::GroupRingElem{T}, a::S) =
-   GroupRingElem(X.coeffs//a, parent(X))
-
-(//){T<:Rational, S<:Integer}(X::GroupRingElem{T}, a::S) = X//convert(T,a)
+(//)(X::GroupRingElem, a::Union{Integer, Rational}) = 1//a*X
 
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