diff --git a/Packages/Cartesian_kernel/changes.txt b/Packages/Cartesian_kernel/changes.txt
index 4baf2a2d309..6ab535fec14 100644
--- a/Packages/Cartesian_kernel/changes.txt
+++ b/Packages/Cartesian_kernel/changes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Version 102.18 (18 January 2004)
+- Remove obsolete *ITERATOR_TRAITS_POINTER_SPEC* workarounds.
+
 Version 102.17 (18 January 2004)
 - Remove obsolete CGAL_VC7_BUG_PROTECTED workaround (VC++ <= 7.0).
 
diff --git a/Packages/Cartesian_kernel/include/CGAL/Cartesian.h b/Packages/Cartesian_kernel/include/CGAL/Cartesian.h
index 6b0e87c1d23..2ba514c1009 100644
--- a/Packages/Cartesian_kernel/include/CGAL/Cartesian.h
+++ b/Packages/Cartesian_kernel/include/CGAL/Cartesian.h
@@ -60,6 +60,4 @@ struct Cartesian
 
 CGAL_END_NAMESPACE
 
-CGAL_ITERATOR_TRAITS_POINTER_SPEC_TEMPLATE(CGAL::Cartesian)
-
 #endif // CGAL_CARTESIAN_H
diff --git a/Packages/Cartesian_kernel/include/CGAL/Simple_cartesian.h b/Packages/Cartesian_kernel/include/CGAL/Simple_cartesian.h
index f0474e4ad4e..0c0e4f08b43 100644
--- a/Packages/Cartesian_kernel/include/CGAL/Simple_cartesian.h
+++ b/Packages/Cartesian_kernel/include/CGAL/Simple_cartesian.h
@@ -60,6 +60,4 @@ struct Simple_cartesian
 
 CGAL_END_NAMESPACE
 
-CGAL_ITERATOR_TRAITS_POINTER_SPEC_TEMPLATE(CGAL::Simple_cartesian)
-
 #endif // CGAL_SIMPLE_CARTESIAN_H
diff --git a/Packages/H2/changes.txt b/Packages/H2/changes.txt
index 9cb51756d65..75b180ef44d 100644
--- a/Packages/H2/changes.txt
+++ b/Packages/H2/changes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2.115 (18 January 2004)
+- Remove obsolete *ITERATOR_TRAITS_POINTER_SPEC* workarounds.
+
 2.114 (18 January 2004)
 - Replace obsolete CGAL_NULL_TMPL_ARGS by <>.
 
diff --git a/Packages/H2/include/CGAL/Homogeneous.h b/Packages/H2/include/CGAL/Homogeneous.h
index 5ca8fd0cea2..74d77de099c 100644
--- a/Packages/H2/include/CGAL/Homogeneous.h
+++ b/Packages/H2/include/CGAL/Homogeneous.h
@@ -70,6 +70,4 @@ struct Homogeneous
 
 CGAL_END_NAMESPACE
 
-CGAL_ITERATOR_TRAITS_POINTER_SPEC_TEMPLATE(CGAL::Homogeneous)
-
 #endif // CGAL_HOMOGENEOUS_H
diff --git a/Packages/H2/include/CGAL/Simple_homogeneous.h b/Packages/H2/include/CGAL/Simple_homogeneous.h
index faa8b7d12ce..bbd9128ac7f 100644
--- a/Packages/H2/include/CGAL/Simple_homogeneous.h
+++ b/Packages/H2/include/CGAL/Simple_homogeneous.h
@@ -71,6 +71,4 @@ struct Simple_homogeneous
 
 CGAL_END_NAMESPACE
 
-CGAL_ITERATOR_TRAITS_POINTER_SPEC_TEMPLATE(CGAL::Simple_homogeneous)
-
 #endif // CGAL_SIMPLE_HOMOGENEOUS_H
diff --git a/Packages/SearchStructures/changes.txt b/Packages/SearchStructures/changes.txt
index c59f0223530..265b4aac8cd 100644
--- a/Packages/SearchStructures/changes.txt
+++ b/Packages/SearchStructures/changes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Version 2.80 (18 Jan 2004)
+- Remove obsolete *ITERATOR_TRAITS_POINTER_SPEC* workarounds.
+
+========================= CGAL 3.0 =======================
+
 Version 2.79 (21 October 2003) [af]
 - Removed interval skip list again
 
diff --git a/Packages/SearchStructures/examples/RangeSegmentTrees/range_tree_2.C b/Packages/SearchStructures/examples/RangeSegmentTrees/range_tree_2.C
index 130c0403a04..f991c68ba84 100644
--- a/Packages/SearchStructures/examples/RangeSegmentTrees/range_tree_2.C
+++ b/Packages/SearchStructures/examples/RangeSegmentTrees/range_tree_2.C
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@
 
 typedef CGAL::Range_tree_2<CGAL::Tree_traits_2> Range_tree_2_type;
 
-typedef std::pair<int, double> Pair001;
-CGAL_DEFINE_ITERATOR_TRAITS_POINTER_SPEC(Pair001);
-
 int main()
 {
   typedef CGAL::Tree_traits_2::Key Key;
diff --git a/Packages/SearchStructures/examples/RangeSegmentTrees/range_tree_3.C b/Packages/SearchStructures/examples/RangeSegmentTrees/range_tree_3.C
index 70f655fe85a..6a625732e1f 100644
--- a/Packages/SearchStructures/examples/RangeSegmentTrees/range_tree_3.C
+++ b/Packages/SearchStructures/examples/RangeSegmentTrees/range_tree_3.C
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@
 
 typedef CGAL::Range_tree_3<CGAL::Tree_traits_3> Range_tree_3_type;
 
-//prevention of a MSVC compiler bug:
-CGAL_DEFINE_ITERATOR_TRAITS_POINTER_SPEC(CGAL::tuple_3);
-
 
 int main()
 {
diff --git a/Packages/SearchStructures/examples/RangeSegmentTrees/range_tree_4.C b/Packages/SearchStructures/examples/RangeSegmentTrees/range_tree_4.C
index 436343aff42..399a2ff3cdb 100644
--- a/Packages/SearchStructures/examples/RangeSegmentTrees/range_tree_4.C
+++ b/Packages/SearchStructures/examples/RangeSegmentTrees/range_tree_4.C
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@
 
 typedef CGAL::Range_tree_4<CGAL::Tree_traits_4> Range_tree_4_type;
 
-// MSVC compiler bug prevention
-CGAL_DEFINE_ITERATOR_TRAITS_POINTER_SPEC(CGAL::tuple_4);
-
 int main()
 {
   typedef CGAL::Tree_traits_4::Key Key;
diff --git a/Packages/SearchStructures/examples/RangeSegmentTrees/range_tree_map_2.C b/Packages/SearchStructures/examples/RangeSegmentTrees/range_tree_map_2.C
index 1cf0ace4e2b..81d89b148a0 100644
--- a/Packages/SearchStructures/examples/RangeSegmentTrees/range_tree_map_2.C
+++ b/Packages/SearchStructures/examples/RangeSegmentTrees/range_tree_map_2.C
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@
 #include <iterator>
 
 
-//MSVC compiler bug prevention
-typedef std::pair<CGAL::Point_2<CGAL::Cartesian<double> >,char> Pair002;
-CGAL_DEFINE_ITERATOR_TRAITS_POINTER_SPEC(Pair002);
-
 typedef CGAL::Cartesian<double> Representation;
 typedef CGAL::Range_tree_map_traits_2<Representation, char> Traits;
 typedef CGAL::Range_tree_2<Traits> Range_tree_2_type;