diff --git a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/internal/Isotropic_remeshing/remesh_impl.h b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/internal/Isotropic_remeshing/remesh_impl.h
index 93118da85a1..0dbd17277d9 100644
--- a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/internal/Isotropic_remeshing/remesh_impl.h
+++ b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/internal/Isotropic_remeshing/remesh_impl.h
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ namespace internal {
     typedef Connected_components_pmap<PM, ECMap, FIMap>         CCMap;
 
     typename boost::property_map<PM, boost::face_property_t<Patch_id> >::type patch_ids_map;
-    std::size_t nb_cc;//static because we want to access it from get()
+    std::size_t nb_cc;
 
   public:
     typedef face_descriptor                     key_type;