diff --git a/Surface_mesher/demo/Surface_mesher/makefile b/Surface_mesher/demo/Surface_mesher/makefile
index 2ac725218aa..3e5bb8ea9e2 100644
--- a/Surface_mesher/demo/Surface_mesher/makefile
+++ b/Surface_mesher/demo/Surface_mesher/makefile
@@ -12,21 +12,12 @@ default-rule: all
 
 .PHONY: default-rule
 
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------#
-#                    ImageIO files
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------#
-
-IMAGEIO_PATH = ../../examples/Surface_mesher/ImageIO/
-
-include $(IMAGEIO_PATH)/imageio.mk
-
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------#
 #                    compiler flags
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------#
 
 CXXFLAGS = \
            -I../../include \
-	   -I$(IMAGEIO_PATH) \
            -I../../../Data_structure_for_queries_3/include \
            $(CGAL_CXXFLAGS) \
            $(LONG_NAME_PROBLEM_CXXFLAGS) \
@@ -51,8 +42,8 @@ all:            \
                 implicit_surface_mesher$(EXE_EXT) \
                 polyhedron_remesher$(EXE_EXT)
 
-implicit_surface_mesher$(EXE_EXT): implicit_surface_mesher$(OBJ_EXT) implicit_functions$(OBJ_EXT) parameters$(OBJ_EXT)  $(IMAGEIO_OBJECTS)
-	$(CGAL_CXX) $(LIBPATH) $(EXE_OPT)implicit_surface_mesher implicit_surface_mesher$(OBJ_EXT) implicit_functions$(OBJ_EXT) parameters$(OBJ_EXT)  $(IMAGEIO_OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS)
+implicit_surface_mesher$(EXE_EXT): implicit_surface_mesher$(OBJ_EXT) implicit_functions$(OBJ_EXT) parameters$(OBJ_EXT)
+	$(CGAL_CXX) $(LIBPATH) $(EXE_OPT)implicit_surface_mesher implicit_surface_mesher$(OBJ_EXT) implicit_functions$(OBJ_EXT) parameters$(OBJ_EXT) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 polyhedron_remesher$(EXE_EXT): polyhedron_remesher$(OBJ_EXT) implicit_functions$(OBJ_EXT) parameters$(OBJ_EXT)
 	$(CGAL_CXX) $(LIBPATH) $(EXE_OPT)polyhedron_remesher implicit_functions$(OBJ_EXT) parameters$(OBJ_EXT) polyhedron_remesher$(OBJ_EXT) $(LDFLAGS)
@@ -61,7 +52,6 @@ clean: \
                    implicit_functions.clean \
                    implicit_surface_mesher.clean \
                    parameters.clean \
-		   imageio-clean \
                    polyhedron_remesher.clean 
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------#