diff --git a/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_UseLEDA.cmake b/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_UseLEDA.cmake
index ead5900736c..70474f24a29 100644
--- a/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_UseLEDA.cmake
+++ b/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_UseLEDA.cmake
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ if ( LEDA_FOUND AND NOT LEDA_SETUP )
     link_libraries( ${LEDA_LIBRARIES} )
   endif()
 
-  if (LEDA_CGAL_FRIEND_INJECTION)
-    message( STATUS "${LEDA_CGAL_FRIEND_INJECTION}" )
-  endif()
   if (LEDA_CGAL_NO_STRICT_ALIASING)
     message( STATUS "${LEDA_CGAL_NO_STRICT_ALIASING}" )
   endif()
diff --git a/Installation/cmake/modules/FindLEDA.cmake b/Installation/cmake/modules/FindLEDA.cmake
index 1fc99eeecc3..9c50f51807a 100644
--- a/Installation/cmake/modules/FindLEDA.cmake
+++ b/Installation/cmake/modules/FindLEDA.cmake
@@ -92,11 +92,6 @@ if ( LEDA_INCLUDE_DIR AND LEDA_LIBRARIES)
 
   if ( CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX )
     get_dependency_version (GCC)
-    if ( NOT "${GCC_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "4.1" )
-      set(LEDA_CGAL_FRIEND_INJECTION TRUE)
-      typed_cache_set( INTERNAL "Add -ffriend-injection on gcc >= 4.1" LEDA_CGAL_FRIEND_INJECTION "Using LEDA with gcc version 4.1 or later: Adding -ffriend-injection")
-      uniquely_add_flags (LEDA_CXX_FLAGS "-ffriend-injection")
-    endif()
     if ( NOT "${GCC_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "4.4" )
       set(LEDA_CGAL_NO_STRICT_ALIASING TRUE)
       typed_cache_set( INTERNAL "Add -fno-strict-aliasing on gcc >= 4.4" LEDA_CGAL_NO_STRICT_ALIASING "Using LEDA with gcc version 4.4 or later: Adding -fno-strict-aliasing")