diff --git a/Surface_mesh_segmentation/include/CGAL/internal/Surface_mesh_segmentation/Surface_mesh_segmentation.h b/Surface_mesh_segmentation/include/CGAL/internal/Surface_mesh_segmentation/Surface_mesh_segmentation.h
index 1706c2a63b0..5c0910e06fe 100644
--- a/Surface_mesh_segmentation/include/CGAL/internal/Surface_mesh_segmentation/Surface_mesh_segmentation.h
+++ b/Surface_mesh_segmentation/include/CGAL/internal/Surface_mesh_segmentation/Surface_mesh_segmentation.h
@@ -212,14 +212,6 @@ public:
     std::cout << "ne : " <<number_of_segments << std::endl;
     return number_of_segments;
   }
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-  double get_sdf_value_of_facet(Facet_const_handle facet) const {
-    return sdf_values[facet_index_map[facet]];
-  }
-
-  int get_segment_id_of_facet(Facet_const_handle facet) const {
-    return segments[facet_index_map[facet]];
-  }
 
 private:
   /**