diff --git a/Packages/Planar_map/examples/Planar_map/short_names.h b/Packages/Planar_map/examples/Planar_map/short_names.h
index 54c351d539c..5268eb9bac5 100644
--- a/Packages/Planar_map/examples/Planar_map/short_names.h
+++ b/Packages/Planar_map/examples/Planar_map/short_names.h
@@ -22,15 +22,10 @@
 #define Td_X_trapezoid                  TXT
 #define Interval_nt                     IN
 #define PL_X_curve_plus                 PXCP
-#if ! defined(_MSC_VER)
-#define bidirectional_iterator_tag      BIT
-#endif
 #define Forward_circulator_tag          FCT
-
 #define remove_in_face_interior         RIFI
 #define I_Polyhedron_const_iterator     PCI
 #define _Rb_tree_iterator               RTI
-
 #define _Rb_tree                        RT
-//#define Trapezoidal_decomposition_2     TD
+
 #endif
diff --git a/Packages/Sweep_line_2/examples/Sweep_line_2/short_names.h b/Packages/Sweep_line_2/examples/Sweep_line_2/short_names.h
index 7a2e28715ec..d5036309f68 100644
--- a/Packages/Sweep_line_2/examples/Sweep_line_2/short_names.h
+++ b/Packages/Sweep_line_2/examples/Sweep_line_2/short_names.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #define Arr_2_face_base                 AFB
 #define In_place_list_iterator          IPLI
 #define In_place_list_const_iterator    IPLCI
-#define allocator                       All
 #define Pm_traits_wrap_2                PmTW
 #define Td_X_trapezoid                  TXT
 #define PL_X_curve_plus                 PXCP
@@ -33,8 +32,6 @@
 #define Sweep_curves_base_2             SCB
 #define Intersection_point_node         IPN
 
-// #define bidirectional_iterator_tag      BIT
-
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
 // Has no effect, probably bug in MSVC
 #pragma warning(disable:4503)