diff --git a/BGL/include/CGAL/boost/graph/IO/VTK.h b/BGL/include/CGAL/boost/graph/IO/VTK.h
index 6f90299bb13..67a7be15d87 100644
--- a/BGL/include/CGAL/boost/graph/IO/VTK.h
+++ b/BGL/include/CGAL/boost/graph/IO/VTK.h
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ void write_polys_tag(std::ostream& os,
     os << ">\n";
     std::size_t polys_offset = 0;
 
-    for(face_descriptor f : faces(g))
+    for(int i = 0; i< faces(g).size(); ++i)
     {
       polys_offset += 3;
       os << polys_offset << " ";
diff --git a/Poisson_surface_reconstruction_3/test/Poisson_surface_reconstruction_3/poisson_and_parallel_mesh_3.cpp b/Poisson_surface_reconstruction_3/test/Poisson_surface_reconstruction_3/poisson_and_parallel_mesh_3.cpp
index c053152f5f5..cd97fccbb99 100644
--- a/Poisson_surface_reconstruction_3/test/Poisson_surface_reconstruction_3/poisson_and_parallel_mesh_3.cpp
+++ b/Poisson_surface_reconstruction_3/test/Poisson_surface_reconstruction_3/poisson_and_parallel_mesh_3.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ int main(int, char**)
 
   std::ifstream stream("data/oni.pwn");
   if (!stream ||
-      !CGAL::read_xyz_points
+      !CGAL::read_XYZ
       (stream, std::back_inserter(points),
        CGAL::parameters::
        point_map(Point_map()).
diff --git a/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/VTK.h b/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/VTK.h
index c7e7bd1e925..0723baceadd 100644
--- a/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/VTK.h
+++ b/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/VTK.h
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ bool vtkPointSet_to_polygon_soup(vtkPointSet* poly_data,
                                  PolygonRange& polygons,
                                  const NamedParameters&)
 {
-  typedef typename boost::range_value<PointRange>::type  Point;
-
   vtkIdType nb_points = poly_data->GetNumberOfPoints();
   vtkIdType nb_cells = poly_data->GetNumberOfCells();
   polygons.reserve(nb_cells);