diff --git a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/polygon_mesh_processing.h b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/polygon_mesh_processing.h
index fdb012d0a2a..82f712fdc16 100644
--- a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/polygon_mesh_processing.h
+++ b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/polygon_mesh_processing.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 #include <CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/merge_border_vertices.h>
 #include <CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/smooth_mesh.h>
 #include <CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/smooth_shape.h>
-#include <CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/remove_degeneracies.h>
+#include <CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/internal/remove_degeneracies.h>
 
 // the named parameter header being not documented the doc is put here for now
 #ifdef DOXYGEN_RUNNING