diff --git a/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/WKT.h b/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/WKT.h
index f558c90aea2..3a3eea129d6 100644
--- a/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/WKT.h
+++ b/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/WKT.h
@@ -355,13 +355,6 @@ bool read_multi_polygon_WKT(std::istream& in,
 }
 
 
-template<typename Kernel, typename Container>
-std::ostream& write_multi_polygon_WKT(std::ostream& out,
-                                      Multipolygon_with_holes_2<Kernel,Container>& mp)
-{
-  return write_multi_polygon_WKT(out, mp.polygons_with_holes());
-}
-
 //! \ingroup PkgStreamSupportIoFuncsWKT
 //!
 //! \brief writes `point` into a WKT stream.
@@ -465,6 +458,13 @@ std::ostream& write_multi_polygon_WKT(std::ostream& out,
   return out;
 }
 
+template<typename Kernel, typename Container>
+std::ostream& write_multi_polygon_WKT(std::ostream& out,
+                                      Multipolygon_with_holes_2<Kernel,Container>& mp)
+{
+  return write_multi_polygon_WKT(out, mp.polygons_with_holes());
+}
+
 //! \ingroup PkgStreamSupportIoFuncsWKT
 //!
 //! \brief writes the content of `mls` into a WKT stream.