diff --git a/BGL/test/BGL/test_deprecated_io.cpp b/BGL/test/BGL/test_deprecated_io.cpp
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index 8c22b9f17df..00000000000
--- a/BGL/test/BGL/test_deprecated_io.cpp
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@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-#include <CGAL/Installation/internal/disable_deprecation_warnings_and_errors.h>
-
-#include <fstream>
-#include <iostream>
-#include <CGAL/Surface_mesh.h>
-#include <CGAL/Simple_cartesian.h>
-#include <CGAL/boost/graph/generators.h>
-
-#include <CGAL/boost/graph/IO/OFF.h>
-#include <CGAL/boost/graph/IO/VTK.h>
-#include <CGAL/boost/graph/IO/WRL.h>
-
-
-typedef CGAL::Simple_cartesian<double>         Kernel;
-typedef Kernel::Point_3                        Point_3;
-typedef CGAL::Surface_mesh<Point_3>            SM;
-
-int main()
-{
-  // OFF
-  SM sm_in, sm_out;
-  Point_3 p0(0,0,0), p1(1,0,0), p2(0,1,0);
-  CGAL::make_triangle(p0, p1, p2, sm_out);
-  bool ok = CGAL::write_off("tmp_deprecated.off", sm_out);
-  assert(ok);
-  ok = CGAL::read_off("tmp_deprecated.off", sm_in);
-  assert(ok);
-  assert(num_vertices(sm_in) == 3 && num_faces(sm_in) == 1);
-  sm_in.clear();
-
-  std::ofstream os("tmp_deprecated.off");
-  ok = CGAL::write_off(os, sm_out);
-  assert(ok);
-  os.close();
-  std::ifstream is("tmp_deprecated.off");
-  ok = CGAL::read_off(is, sm_in);
-  assert(ok);
-  assert(num_vertices(sm_in) == 3 && num_faces(sm_in) == 1);
-  is.close();
-  sm_in.clear();
-#ifdef CGAL_USE_VTK
-  //vtk
-  os.open("tmp_deprecated.vtp");
-  ok = CGAL::write_vtp(os, sm_out);
-  assert(ok);
-  os.close();
-
-  ok = CGAL::IO::read_VTP("tmp_deprecated.vtp", sm_in);
-  assert(ok);
-  assert(num_vertices(sm_in) == 3 && num_faces(sm_in) == 1);
-  sm_in.clear();
-#endif
-  //wrl
-  os.open("tmp_deprecated.wrl");
-  ok = CGAL::write_wrl(os, sm_out);
-  assert(ok);
-  os.close();
-  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-}