diff --git a/Spatial_searching/test/Spatial_searching/Orthogonal_incremental_neighbor_search.cpp b/Spatial_searching/test/Spatial_searching/Orthogonal_incremental_neighbor_search.cpp
index da57a550836..18551a3aa92 100644
--- a/Spatial_searching/test/Spatial_searching/Orthogonal_incremental_neighbor_search.cpp
+++ b/Spatial_searching/test/Spatial_searching/Orthogonal_incremental_neighbor_search.cpp
@@ -74,17 +74,17 @@ void run()
     std::cout << "different distances: " << CGAL::squared_distance(query,get_point(pd.first)) << " != " << pd.second << std::endl;
   }
 
-  assert(CGAL::squared_distance(query,get_point(pd.first)) == pd.second);
+  assert(CGAL_IA_FORCE_TO_DOUBLE(CGAL::squared_distance(query,get_point(pd.first))) == pd.second);
   it++;
   for(; it != oins.end();it++){
     typename K_search::Point_with_transformed_distance qd = *it;
     assert(pd.second <= qd.second);
     pd = qd;
     points2.push_back(get_point(pd.first));
-    if(CGAL::squared_distance(query,get_point(pd.first)) != pd.second){
+    if(CGAL_IA_FORCE_TO_DOUBLE(CGAL::squared_distance(query,get_point(pd.first))) != pd.second){
       std::cout  << "different distances: " << CGAL::squared_distance(query,get_point(pd.first)) << " != " << pd.second << std::endl;
     }
-    assert(CGAL::squared_distance(query,get_point(pd.first)) == pd.second);
+    assert(CGAL_IA_FORCE_TO_DOUBLE(CGAL::squared_distance(query,get_point(pd.first))) == pd.second);
   }
 
 
diff --git a/Spatial_searching/test/Spatial_searching/Splitters.cpp b/Spatial_searching/test/Spatial_searching/Splitters.cpp
index af28a273992..ad5a24ea04b 100644
--- a/Spatial_searching/test/Spatial_searching/Splitters.cpp
+++ b/Spatial_searching/test/Spatial_searching/Splitters.cpp
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@ struct Splitter_test {
     if(CGAL::squared_distance(query,get_point(pd.first)) != pd.second){
       std::cout << CGAL::squared_distance(query,get_point(pd.first)) << " != " << pd.second << std::endl;
     }
-    assert(CGAL::squared_distance(query,get_point(pd.first)) == pd.second);
+    assert(CGAL_IA_FORCE_TO_DOUBLE(CGAL::squared_distance(query,get_point(pd.first))) == pd.second);
     it++;
     for(; it != oins.end();it++){
       Point_with_transformed_distance qd = *it;
       assert(pd.second <= qd.second);
       pd = qd;
       points2.push_back(get_point(pd.first));
-      if(CGAL::squared_distance(query,get_point(pd.first)) != pd.second){
+      if(CGAL_IA_FORCE_TO_DOUBLE(CGAL::squared_distance(query,get_point(pd.first))) != pd.second){
 	std::cout << CGAL::squared_distance(query,get_point(pd.first)) << " != " << pd.second << std::endl;
       }
-      assert(CGAL::squared_distance(query,get_point(pd.first)) == pd.second);
+      assert(CGAL_IA_FORCE_TO_DOUBLE(CGAL::squared_distance(query,get_point(pd.first))) == pd.second);
     }
     std::sort(points.begin(),points.end());
     std::sort(points2.begin(),points2.end());