diff --git a/Hash_map/include/CGAL/Handle_hash_function.h b/Hash_map/include/CGAL/Handle_hash_function.h
index 1450384d6cc..0ff617d8c05 100644
--- a/Hash_map/include/CGAL/Handle_hash_function.h
+++ b/Hash_map/include/CGAL/Handle_hash_function.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace internal{
       std::size_t
       operator()(const H& h)
       {
-        return std::size_t(&*h) /
+        return std::size_t(h.operator->()) /
           sizeof( typename std::iterator_traits<H>::value_type);
       }
     };
diff --git a/STL_Extension/include/CGAL/In_place_list.h b/STL_Extension/include/CGAL/In_place_list.h
index 3266d1ae674..9c99f2e9a8f 100644
--- a/STL_Extension/include/CGAL/In_place_list.h
+++ b/STL_Extension/include/CGAL/In_place_list.h
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ namespace internal {
 template <class T, class Alloc>
   std::size_t hash_value(const In_place_list_iterator<T,Alloc>&  i)
   {
-    T* ptr = &*i;
+    T* ptr = i.operator->();
     return reinterpret_cast<std::size_t>(ptr)/ sizeof(T);
   }
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ template <class T, class Alloc>
 template <class T, class Alloc>
   std::size_t hash_value(const In_place_list_const_iterator<T,Alloc>&  i)
   {
-    const T* ptr = &*i;
+    const T* ptr = i.operator->();
     return reinterpret_cast<std::size_t>(ptr)/ sizeof(T);
    }
 
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ namespace std {
 
     std::size_t operator()(const CGAL::internal::In_place_list_iterator<T, Alloc>& i) const
     {
-      const T* ptr = &*i;
+      const T* ptr = i.operator->();
       return reinterpret_cast<std::size_t>(ptr)/ sizeof(T);
     }
   };
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ namespace std {
 
     std::size_t operator()(const CGAL::internal::In_place_list_const_iterator<T, Alloc>& i) const
     {
-      const T* ptr = &*i;
+      const T* ptr =i.operator->();
       return reinterpret_cast<std::size_t>(ptr)/ sizeof(T);
     }
   };