diff --git a/Convex_hull_d/include/CGAL/Regular_complex_d.h b/Convex_hull_d/include/CGAL/Regular_complex_d.h
index edf64a98c9d..0343e48d186 100644
--- a/Convex_hull_d/include/CGAL/Regular_complex_d.h
+++ b/Convex_hull_d/include/CGAL/Regular_complex_d.h
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ class RC_vertex_d
 public:
   RC_vertex_d(Simplex_handle s, int i, const Point_d& p) :
     s_(s), index_(i), point_(p) {}
-  RC_vertex_d(const Point_d& p) : index_(-42), point_(p), pp(NULL) {}
-  RC_vertex_d() :  s_(),  index_(-42), pp(NULL) {}
+  RC_vertex_d(const Point_d& p) : point_(p), pp(NULL) {}
+  RC_vertex_d() :  s_(), pp(NULL) {}
   // beware that ass_point was initialized here by nil_point
   ~RC_vertex_d() {}