diff --git a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/internal/remesh_impl.h b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/internal/remesh_impl.h
index ea3cf508857..180d15eb9d4 100644
--- a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/internal/remesh_impl.h
+++ b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/internal/remesh_impl.h
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ namespace internal {
           );
 
         tree_ptr_->traversal(get(vpmap_, v), projection_traits);
-        CGAL_assertion(projection_traits.found());
+        //CGAL_assertion(projection_traits.found());
 
         Point proj = projection_traits.closest_point();
         put(vpmap_, v, proj);