diff --git a/AABB_tree/include/CGAL/AABB_face_graph_triangle_primitive.h b/AABB_tree/include/CGAL/AABB_face_graph_triangle_primitive.h
index 08eea622295..c09a99cac2d 100644
--- a/AABB_tree/include/CGAL/AABB_face_graph_triangle_primitive.h
+++ b/AABB_tree/include/CGAL/AABB_face_graph_triangle_primitive.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public:
             Triangle_property_map(&graph),
             Point_property_map(&graph) )
   {}
-#if 0
+#ifndef CGAL_NO_DEPRECATED_CODE
   // for backward compatibility with Polyhedron::facets_begin()
   AABB_face_graph_triangle_primitive(typename boost::graph_traits<FaceGraph>::face_descriptor fd, FaceGraph& graph)
     : Base( Id_(fd),