diff --git a/Kernel_23/include/CGAL/Kernel/function_objects.h b/Kernel_23/include/CGAL/Kernel/function_objects.h
index 48f08edecc4..9e37cf80a47 100644
--- a/Kernel_23/include/CGAL/Kernel/function_objects.h
+++ b/Kernel_23/include/CGAL/Kernel/function_objects.h
@@ -1473,12 +1473,6 @@ namespace CommonKernelFunctors {
     typedef typename K::Bool          result_type;
     typedef Arity_tag< 2 >            Arity;
 
-    // template to replace n different versions
-    template <typename T>
-    result_type
-    operator()(const T& p, const T& q) const
-    { return p == q; }
-
     result_type
     operator()(const Point_2 &p, const Point_2 &q) const
     {