diff --git a/Number_types/include/CGAL/leda_rational.h b/Number_types/include/CGAL/leda_rational.h
index 2831952805d..f242f7637bd 100644
--- a/Number_types/include/CGAL/leda_rational.h
+++ b/Number_types/include/CGAL/leda_rational.h
@@ -280,17 +280,17 @@ public:
 
 };
 
-  namespace internal {
-    template <typename ET>
-    void read_float_or_quotient(std::istream & is, ET& et);
+namespace internal {
+  // See: Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/io.h
+  template <typename ET>
+  void read_float_or_quotient(std::istream & is, ET& et);
 
-      template <>
-    void read_float_or_quotient(std::istream & is, leda_rational& et)
-    {
-      internal::read_float_or_quotient<leda_integer,leda_rational>(is, et);
-    }
+  template <>
+  inline void read_float_or_quotient(std::istream & is, leda_rational& et)
+  {
+    internal::read_float_or_quotient<leda_integer,leda_rational>(is, et);
   }
-
+} // namespace internal
 
 } //namespace CGAL
 
diff --git a/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/io.h b/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/io.h
index 46ef5bf3d80..26e2ac5e00c 100644
--- a/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/io.h
+++ b/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/io.h
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ void eat_white_space(std::istream &is)
    
     
 template <typename ET>
-void read_float_or_quotient(std::istream & is, ET& et)
+inline void read_float_or_quotient(std::istream & is, ET& et)
 {
   is >> et;
 }   
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ void read_float_or_quotient(std::istream & is, ET& et)
 
 
 template <typename Int, typename Rat>
-void read_float_or_quotient(std::istream& is, Rat &z)
+inline void read_float_or_quotient(std::istream& is, Rat &z)
 {
   // reads rational and floating point literals.
   const std::istream::char_type zero = '0';
diff --git a/Surface_mesh/examples/Surface_mesh/CMakeLists.txt b/Surface_mesh/examples/Surface_mesh/CMakeLists.txt
index 78fcdd70447..d8b3eeaba36 100644
--- a/Surface_mesh/examples/Surface_mesh/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Surface_mesh/examples/Surface_mesh/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ if ( CGAL_FOUND )
 
   include_directories (BEFORE "../../include")
 
-  create_single_source_cgal_program( "read.cpp" )
   create_single_source_cgal_program( "sm_join.cpp" )
   create_single_source_cgal_program( "sm_aabbtree.cpp" )
   create_single_source_cgal_program( "sm_bgl.cpp" )