diff --git a/Surface_mesh_skeletonization/include/CGAL/Mean_curvature_flow_skeletonization.h b/Surface_mesh_skeletonization/include/CGAL/Mean_curvature_flow_skeletonization.h
index 0e74b7a641a..89383a540b6 100644
--- a/Surface_mesh_skeletonization/include/CGAL/Mean_curvature_flow_skeletonization.h
+++ b/Surface_mesh_skeletonization/include/CGAL/Mean_curvature_flow_skeletonization.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 #include <CGAL/internal/Surface_mesh_skeletonization/Debug.h>
 
 // Some helper functions
-#include <CGAL/internal/Surface_mesh_skeletonization/Utility.h>
+#include <CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/measure.h>
 
 // For detect_degenarcy
 #include <CGAL/internal/Surface_mesh_skeletonization/Detect_degeneracy.h>
@@ -721,7 +721,8 @@ public:
 
     MCFSKEL_DEBUG(print_edges();)
 
-    MCFSKEL_INFO(double area = internal::get_surface_area(m_tmesh, m_tmesh_point_pmap);)
+    MCFSKEL_INFO(double area = CGAL::Polygon_mesh_processing::area(m_tmesh,
+      CGAL::Polygon_mesh_processing::parameters::vertex_point_map(m_tmesh_point_pmap));)
     MCFSKEL_INFO(std::cout << "area " << area << "\n";)
   }
 
@@ -744,7 +745,9 @@ public:
       remesh();
       detect_degeneracies();
 
-      double area = internal::get_surface_area(m_tmesh, m_tmesh_point_pmap, m_traits);
+      double area = CGAL::Polygon_mesh_processing::area(m_tmesh,
+        CGAL::Polygon_mesh_processing::parameters::vertex_point_map(m_tmesh_point_pmap)
+        .geom_traits(m_traits));
       double area_ratio = fabs(last_area - area) / m_original_area;
 
       MCFSKEL_INFO(std::cout << "area " << area << "\n";)
@@ -852,7 +855,9 @@ private:
       //, m_hedge_id_pmap(get(boost::halfedge_index, m_tmesh))
     m_are_poles_computed = false;
 
-    m_original_area = internal::get_surface_area(m_tmesh, m_tmesh_point_pmap, m_traits);
+    m_original_area = CGAL::Polygon_mesh_processing::area(m_tmesh,
+      CGAL::Polygon_mesh_processing::parameters::vertex_point_map(m_tmesh_point_pmap)
+      .geom_traits(m_traits));
 
     m_vertex_id_count = static_cast<int>(num_vertices(m_tmesh));
     m_max_id = m_vertex_id_count;
diff --git a/Surface_mesh_skeletonization/include/CGAL/internal/Surface_mesh_skeletonization/Utility.h b/Surface_mesh_skeletonization/include/CGAL/internal/Surface_mesh_skeletonization/Utility.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 754dee3ffdd..00000000000
--- a/Surface_mesh_skeletonization/include/CGAL/internal/Surface_mesh_skeletonization/Utility.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2013  GeometryFactory (France). All rights reserved.
-//
-// This file is part of CGAL (www.cgal.org).
-// You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
-// General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
-// either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// Licensees holding a valid commercial license may use this file in
-// accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the software.
-//
-// This file is provided AS IS with NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE
-// WARRANTY OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-//
-// $URL$
-// $Id$
-//
-// Author(s)     : Xiang Gao <gaox@ethz.ch>
-//
-
-#ifndef CGAL_MCFSKEL_UTILITY_H
-#define CGAL_MCFSKEL_UTILITY_H
-
-/// @cond CGAL_DOCUMENT_INTERNAL
-
-/**
- * @file Utility.h
- * @brief This file contains some helper functions like splitting an edge at a
- * given point.
- */
-
-#include <CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/measure.h>
-
-#include <boost/graph/graph_traits.hpp>
-#include <boost/foreach.hpp>
-#include <cmath>
-
-namespace CGAL {
-namespace internal {
-
-template<class TriangleMesh, class TriangleMeshPointPMap, class Traits>
-double get_surface_area(TriangleMesh& hg,
-                        TriangleMeshPointPMap& hg_point_pmap,
-                        const Traits& traits)
-{
-  namespace PMP = CGAL::Polygon_mesh_processing;
-  return PMP::area(hg
-    , PMP::parameters::vertex_point_map(hg_point_pmap)
-    .geom_traits(traits));
-}
-
-} //namespace internal
-} //namespace CGAL
-
-/// @endcond
-
-#endif //CGAL_MCFSKEL_UTILITY_H