diff --git a/Triangulation_3/include/CGAL/Regular_triangulation_3.h b/Triangulation_3/include/CGAL/Regular_triangulation_3.h
index 2a69f76941b..8f92bb4c42c 100644
--- a/Triangulation_3/include/CGAL/Regular_triangulation_3.h
+++ b/Triangulation_3/include/CGAL/Regular_triangulation_3.h
@@ -345,8 +345,6 @@ namespace CGAL {
       Regular_triangulation_vertex_base_3<Gt>,
       Regular_triangulation_cell_base_3<Gt> > >::type Tds;
 
-    Geom_traits regular_geom_traits;
-
   public:
 
     typedef Triangulation_3<Tr_Base_Gt,Tds,Lock_data_structure_> Tr_Base;
@@ -1766,6 +1764,7 @@ namespace CGAL {
     class Vertex_inserter;
 
     Hidden_point_visitor<Concurrency_tag> hidden_point_visitor;
+    Geom_traits regular_geom_traits;
   };