diff --git a/Subdivision_method_3/doc/Subdivision_method_3/PackageDescription.txt b/Subdivision_method_3/doc/Subdivision_method_3/PackageDescription.txt
index 2e19d5d631f..bdd1a46337c 100644
--- a/Subdivision_method_3/doc/Subdivision_method_3/PackageDescription.txt
+++ b/Subdivision_method_3/doc/Subdivision_method_3/PackageDescription.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ The page \ref bgl_namedparameters describes their usage.
 - `CGAL::Subdivision_method_3::Sqrt3()`
 - `CGAL::Subdivision_method_3::CatmullClark_subdivision()`
 - `CGAL::Subdivision_method_3::Loop_subdivision()`
-- `CGAL::Subdivision_method_3::linear_subdivision()`
 - `CGAL::Subdivision_method_3::DooSabin_subdivision()`
 - `CGAL::Subdivision_method_3::Sqrt3_subdivision()`
 
diff --git a/Subdivision_method_3/doc/Subdivision_method_3/Subdivision_method_3.txt b/Subdivision_method_3/doc/Subdivision_method_3/Subdivision_method_3.txt
index 616bca4de32..861b8400326 100644
--- a/Subdivision_method_3/doc/Subdivision_method_3/Subdivision_method_3.txt
+++ b/Subdivision_method_3/doc/Subdivision_method_3/Subdivision_method_3.txt
@@ -524,11 +524,6 @@ namespace Subdivision_method_3 {
     PTQ(pmesh, Loop_mask_3<PolygonMesh>(pmesh) , np);
   }
 
-  template <class PolygonMesh, class NamedParameters>
-  void linear_subdivision(PolygonMesh& pmesh, NamedParameters np) {
-    PTQ(pmesh, Linear_mask_3<PolygonMesh>(pmesh), np);
-  }
-
   template <class PolygonMesh, class NamedParameters>
   void DooSabin_subdivision(PolygonMesh& pmesh, NamedParameters np) {
     DQQ(pmesh, DooSabin_mask_3<PolygonMesh>(pmesh), np);