diff --git a/Algebraic_kernel_for_circles/dont_submit b/Algebraic_kernel_for_circles/dont_submit
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fe7a375395..00000000000
--- a/Algebraic_kernel_for_circles/dont_submit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-global_functions_on_root_for_circle_2_2.h
-global_functions_on_roots_and_polynomial_1_2_and_2_2.h
-global_functions_on_roots_and_polynomials_2_2.h
diff --git a/Algebraic_kernel_for_circles/include/CGAL/global_functions_on_root_for_circle_2_2.h b/Algebraic_kernel_for_circles/include/CGAL/global_functions_on_root_for_circle_2_2.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ac291d7e5d..00000000000
--- a/Algebraic_kernel_for_circles/include/CGAL/global_functions_on_root_for_circle_2_2.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2003-2006  INRIA Sophia-Antipolis (France).
-// All rights reserved.
-//
-// This file is part of CGAL (www.cgal.org).
-// You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
-// General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
-// either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// Licensees holding a valid commercial license may use this file in
-// accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the software.
-//
-// This file is provided AS IS with NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE
-// WARRANTY OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-//
-// $URL$
-// $Id$
-//
-// Author(s)     : Monique Teillaud, Sylvain Pion
-
-// Partially supported by the IST Programme of the EU as a Shared-cost
-// RTD (FET Open) Project under Contract No  IST-2000-26473 
-// (ECG - Effective Computational Geometry for Curves and Surfaces) 
-// and a STREP (FET Open) Project under Contract No  IST-006413 
-// (ACS -- Algorithms for Complex Shapes)
-
-#ifndef CGAL_ALGEBRAIC_KERNEL_FOR_CIRCLES_GLOBAL_FUNCTIONS_ON_ROOT_FOR_CIRCLE_2_2_H
-#define CGAL_ALGEBRAIC_KERNEL_FOR_CIRCLES_GLOBAL_FUNCTIONS_ON_ROOT_FOR_CIRCLE_2_2_H
-
-#include <CGAL/enum.h>
-
-namespace CGAL {
-
-template < class AK >
-inline 
-Comparison_result 
-compare_x(const typename AK::Root_for_circles_2_2& r1,
-	   const typename AK::Root_for_circles_2_2& r2)
-{ return AK().compare_x_object()(r1, r2); }
-
-template < class AK >
-inline 
-Comparison_result 
-compare_y(const typename AK::Root_for_circles_2_2& r1,
-	   const typename AK::Root_for_circles_2_2& r2)
-{ return AK().compare_y_object()(r1, r2); }
-
-template < class AK >
-inline 
-Comparison_result 
-compare_xy(const typename AK::Root_for_circles_2_2& r1,
-	     const typename AK::Root_for_circles_2_2& r2)
-{ return AK().compare_xy_object()(r1, r2); }
-
-} //namespace CGAL
-
-#endif //CGAL_ALGEBRAIC_KERNEL_FOR_CIRCLES_GLOBAL_FUNCTIONS_ON_ROOT_FOR_CIRCLE_2_2_H
diff --git a/Algebraic_kernel_for_circles/include/CGAL/global_functions_on_roots_and_polynomial_1_2_and_2_2.h b/Algebraic_kernel_for_circles/include/CGAL/global_functions_on_roots_and_polynomial_1_2_and_2_2.h
deleted file mode 100644
index eb4cc13fff2..00000000000
--- a/Algebraic_kernel_for_circles/include/CGAL/global_functions_on_roots_and_polynomial_1_2_and_2_2.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2003-2006  INRIA Sophia-Antipolis (France).
-// All rights reserved.
-//
-// This file is part of CGAL (www.cgal.org).
-// You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
-// General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
-// either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// Licensees holding a valid commercial license may use this file in
-// accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the software.
-//
-// This file is provided AS IS with NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE
-// WARRANTY OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-//
-// $URL$
-// $Id$
-//
-// Author(s)     : Monique Teillaud, Sylvain Pion
-
-// Partially supported by the IST Programme of the EU as a Shared-cost
-// RTD (FET Open) Project under Contract No  IST-2000-26473 
-// (ECG - Effective Computational Geometry for Curves and Surfaces) 
-// and a STREP (FET Open) Project under Contract No  IST-006413 
-// (ACS -- Algorithms for Complex Shapes)
-
-#ifndef CGAL_ALGEBRAIC_KERNEL_FOR_CIRCLES_GLOBAL_FUNCTIONS_ON_ROOTS_AND_POLYNOMIAL_1_2_AND_2_2_H
-#define CGAL_ALGEBRAIC_KERNEL_FOR_CIRCLES_GLOBAL_FUNCTIONS_ON_ROOTS_AND_POLYNOMIAL_1_2_AND_2_2_H
-
-#include <CGAL/enum.h>
-
-namespace CGAL {
-
-template< class AK, class OutputIterator>
-inline
-OutputIterator
-solve( const typename AK::Polynomial_1_2 & e1,
-           const typename AK::Polynomial_for_circles_2_2 & e2,
-           OutputIterator res )
-{ return AK().solve_object()(e1,e2,res); }
-
-template< class AK, class OutputIterator>
-inline
-OutputIterator
-solve( const typename AK::Polynomial_1_2 & e1,
-           const typename AK::Polynomial_1_2 & e2,
-           OutputIterator res )
-{ return AK().solve_object()(e1,e2,res); }
-
-template < class AK >
-inline 
-Sign sign_at( const typename AK::Polynomial_1_2 & equation,
-	      const typename AK::Root_for_circles_2_2 r)
-{ return AK().sign_at_object()(equation, r); }
-
-template < class AK >
-inline 
-typename AK::Polynomial_1_2
-construct_polynomial_1_2( const typename AK::RT& a,
-		            const typename AK::RT& b,
-		            const typename AK::RT& c)
-{ return AK().construct_polynomial_1_2_object()(a, b, c); }
-
-} //namespace CGAL
-
-#endif // CGAL_ALGEBRAIC_KERNEL_FOR_CIRCLES_GLOBAL_FUNCTIONS_ON_ROOTS_AND_POLYNOMIAL_1_2_AND_2_2_H
diff --git a/Algebraic_kernel_for_circles/include/CGAL/global_functions_on_roots_and_polynomials_2_2.h b/Algebraic_kernel_for_circles/include/CGAL/global_functions_on_roots_and_polynomials_2_2.h
deleted file mode 100644
index fdf6fc4c1f4..00000000000
--- a/Algebraic_kernel_for_circles/include/CGAL/global_functions_on_roots_and_polynomials_2_2.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2003-2006  INRIA Sophia-Antipolis (France).
-// All rights reserved.
-//
-// This file is part of CGAL (www.cgal.org).
-// You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
-// General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
-// either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// Licensees holding a valid commercial license may use this file in
-// accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the software.
-//
-// This file is provided AS IS with NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE
-// WARRANTY OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-//
-// $URL$
-// $Id$
-//
-// Author(s)     : Monique Teillaud, Sylvain Pion
-
-// Partially supported by the IST Programme of the EU as a Shared-cost
-// RTD (FET Open) Project under Contract No  IST-2000-26473 
-// (ECG - Effective Computational Geometry for Curves and Surfaces) 
-// and a STREP (FET Open) Project under Contract No  IST-006413 
-// (ACS -- Algorithms for Complex Shapes)
-
-#ifndef CGAL_ALGEBRAIC_KERNEL_FOR_CIRCLES_GLOBAL_FUNCTIONS_ON_ROOTS_AND_POLYNOMIALS_2_2_H
-#define CGAL_ALGEBRAIC_KERNEL_FOR_CIRCLES_GLOBAL_FUNCTIONS_ON_ROOTS_AND_POLYNOMIALS_2_2_H
-
-#include <CGAL/enum.h>
-
-namespace CGAL {
-
-template< class AK, class OutputIterator>
-inline
-OutputIterator
-solve( const typename AK::Polynomial_for_circles_2_2 & e1,
-           const typename AK::Polynomial_for_circles_2_2 & e2,
-           OutputIterator res )
-{ return AK().solve_object()(e1,e2,res); }
-
-template < class AK >
-inline 
-typename AK::Polynomial_for_circles_2_2
-construct_polynomial_circle_2_2( const typename AK::FT& xc,
-			       const typename AK::FT& yc,
-			       const typename AK::FT& r_sq)
-{ return AK().construct_polynomial_circle_2_2_object()(xc, yc, r_sq); }
-
-template < class AK >
-inline 
-Sign sign_at( const typename AK::Polynomial_for_circles_2_2 & equation,
-	      const typename AK::Root_for_circles_2_2 r)
-{ return AK().sign_at_object()(equation, r); }
-
-template <class AK>
-typename AK::Root_for_circles_2_2
-x_critical_point(const typename AK::Polynomial_for_circles_2_2 & c, bool i)
-{ return AK().x_critical_points_object()(c,i); }
-
-template <class AK, class OutputIterator>
-OutputIterator
-x_critical_points(const typename AK::Polynomial_for_circles_2_2 & c, 
-	           OutputIterator res)
-{ return AK().x_critical_points_object()(c,res); }
-
-template <class AK>
-typename AK::Root_for_circles_2_2
-y_critical_point(const typename AK::Polynomial_for_circles_2_2 &c, bool i)
-{ return AK().y_critical_points_object()(c,i); }
-
-template <class AK, class OutputIterator>
-OutputIterator
-y_critical_points(const typename AK::Polynomial_for_circles_2_2 & c, 
-                           OutputIterator res)
-{ return AK().y_critical_points_object()(c,res); }
-
-} //namespace CGAL
-
-#endif // CGAL_ALGEBRAIC_KERNEL_FOR_CIRCLES_GLOBAL_FUNCTIONS_ON_ROOTS_AND_POLYNOMIALS_2_2_H