diff --git a/Surface_mesh_segmentation/include/CGAL/mesh_segmentation.h b/Surface_mesh_segmentation/include/CGAL/mesh_segmentation.h
index a96c08a1414..766f706d431 100644
--- a/Surface_mesh_segmentation/include/CGAL/mesh_segmentation.h
+++ b/Surface_mesh_segmentation/include/CGAL/mesh_segmentation.h
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ segmentation_from_sdf_values( const TriangleMesh& triangle_mesh,
                               PointPropertyMap ppmap=PointPropertyMap(),
                               GeomTraits traits=GeomTraits())
 {
-  typedef typename boost::property_map<TriangleMesh, boost::vertex_point_t>::type VPMap;
-  internal::Surface_mesh_segmentation<TriangleMesh, GeomTraits, VPMap> algorithm(triangle_mesh, traits, ppmap);
+  internal::Surface_mesh_segmentation<TriangleMesh, GeomTraits, PointPropertyMap> algorithm(triangle_mesh, traits, ppmap);
   return algorithm.partition(number_of_clusters, smoothing_lambda, sdf_values_map,
                              segment_ids, !output_cluster_ids);
 }