diff --git a/Homogeneous_kernel/include/CGAL/Homogeneous/Aff_transformationH3.h b/Homogeneous_kernel/include/CGAL/Homogeneous/Aff_transformationH3.h
index 331d51df109..efb21c829e2 100644
--- a/Homogeneous_kernel/include/CGAL/Homogeneous/Aff_transformationH3.h
+++ b/Homogeneous_kernel/include/CGAL/Homogeneous/Aff_transformationH3.h
@@ -220,12 +220,6 @@ public:
            is_even() const
            { return true; }
 
-  virtual  bool
-           is_scaling() const
-           {
-             return true;
-           }
-
   virtual  RT
            homogeneous(int i, int j) const
            { return (i==j) ? RT(1) : RT(0); }