diff --git a/Constrained_triangulation_3/include/CGAL/Conforming_constrained_Delaunay_triangulation_cell_data_3.h b/Constrained_triangulation_3/include/CGAL/Conforming_constrained_Delaunay_triangulation_cell_data_3.h
index f687b715ff1..91d9b73044a 100644
--- a/Constrained_triangulation_3/include/CGAL/Conforming_constrained_Delaunay_triangulation_cell_data_3.h
+++ b/Constrained_triangulation_3/include/CGAL/Conforming_constrained_Delaunay_triangulation_cell_data_3.h
@@ -52,31 +52,33 @@ class Conforming_constrained_Delaunay_triangulation_cell_data_3 {
   void clear_mark(CDT_3_cell_marker m) { markers.reset(static_cast<unsigned>(m)); }
   void clear_marks() { markers.reset(); }
 
+  static unsigned int uint(int i) { return static_cast<unsigned int>(i); }
+
   template <typename Facet_handle>
   void set_facet_constraint(int i, CDT_3_signed_index face_id,
                             Facet_handle facet_2d)
   {
-    this->face_id[unsigned(i)] = face_id;
-    this->facet_2d[unsigned(i)] = static_cast<void*>(facet_2d == Facet_handle{} ?  nullptr : std::addressof(*facet_2d));
+    this->face_id[uint(i)] = face_id;
+    this->facet_2d[uint(i)] = static_cast<void*>(facet_2d == Facet_handle{} ?  nullptr : std::addressof(*facet_2d));
   }
 
   template <typename CDT_2>
   auto face_2 (const CDT_2& cdt, int i) const {
     using Face = typename CDT_2::Face;
-    auto ptr = static_cast<Face*>(facet_2d[unsigned(i)]);
+    auto ptr = static_cast<Face*>(facet_2d[uint(i)]);
     return cdt.tds().faces().iterator_to(*ptr);
   }
 public:
   /// @{
   // @cond SKIP_IN_MANUAL
-  bool is_facet_constrained(int i) const { return face_id[unsigned(i)] >= 0; }
+  bool is_facet_constrained(int i) const { return face_id[uint(i)] >= 0; }
 
   CDT_3_signed_index face_constraint_index(int i) const {
-    return face_id[unsigned(i)];
+    return face_id[uint(i)];
   }
 
   void set_face_constraint_index(int i, CDT_3_signed_index index) {
-    face_id[unsigned(i)] = index;
+    face_id[uint(i)] = index;
   }
   /// @endcond
 };