diff --git a/Surface_mesh_simplification/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/GarlandHeckbert_policies.h b/Surface_mesh_simplification/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/GarlandHeckbert_policies.h
index 1c3bb3e33bb..69ac0dca536 100644
--- a/Surface_mesh_simplification/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/GarlandHeckbert_policies.h
+++ b/Surface_mesh_simplification/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/GarlandHeckbert_policies.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <CGAL/license/Surface_mesh_simplification.h>
 
 #include <CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/internal/Common.h>
-#include <CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/internal/GarlandHeckbert_core.h>
 #include <CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/internal/GarlandHeckbert_policy_base.h>
 
 #include <Eigen/Dense>
diff --git a/Surface_mesh_simplification/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/internal/GarlandHeckbert_policy_base.h b/Surface_mesh_simplification/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/internal/GarlandHeckbert_policy_base.h
index cd987945e41..d1d4931e0fc 100644
--- a/Surface_mesh_simplification/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/internal/GarlandHeckbert_policy_base.h
+++ b/Surface_mesh_simplification/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/internal/GarlandHeckbert_policy_base.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 #include <CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/Edge_profile.h>
 #include <CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/internal/Common.h>
-#include <CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/internal/GarlandHeckbert_core.h>
 
 #include <iostream>
 #include <CGAL/tags.h>