diff --git a/PDB/test/PDB/check_iterators.cpp b/PDB/test/PDB/check_iterators.cpp
index c023a84fb49..f2c1b6ff7c4 100644
--- a/PDB/test/PDB/check_iterators.cpp
+++ b/PDB/test/PDB/check_iterators.cpp
@@ -37,19 +37,19 @@ int main() {
     std::cout << "There are " << p.number_of_monomers() << " residues." 
 	      << std::endl;
   
-    std::vector<Atom> atoms(make_atom_iterator(p.atoms_begin()),
+    std::vector<Atom> atoms CGAL_make_vector(make_atom_iterator(p.atoms_begin()),
 			    make_atom_iterator(p.atoms_end()));
     CGAL_assertion(na==atoms.size());
-    std::vector<Point> points(make_point_iterator(make_atom_iterator(p.atoms_begin())),
+    std::vector<Point> points CGAL_make_vector(make_point_iterator(make_atom_iterator(p.atoms_begin())),
 			      make_point_iterator(make_atom_iterator(p.atoms_end())));
  
     index_atoms(make_backbone_iterator(p.atoms_begin(), p.atoms_end()),
 		make_backbone_iterator(p.atoms_end(), p.atoms_end()));
-    std::vector<Index> bbi(make_index_iterator(make_atom_iterator(make_backbone_iterator(p.atoms_begin(), p.atoms_end()))),
+    std::vector<Index> bbi CGAL_make_vector(make_index_iterator(make_atom_iterator(make_backbone_iterator(p.atoms_begin(), p.atoms_end()))),
 			   make_index_iterator(make_atom_iterator(make_backbone_iterator(p.atoms_end(), p.atoms_end()))));
     CGAL_assertion(bbi.size() < atoms.size());
     std::cout << bbi.size() << std::endl;
-    std::vector<Bond> bbs(make_bond_indices_iterator(make_ok_bond_iterator(Is_backbone(), p.bonds_begin(), p.bonds_end())),
+    std::vector<Bond> bbs CGAL_make_vector(make_bond_indices_iterator(make_ok_bond_iterator(Is_backbone(), p.bonds_begin(), p.bonds_end())),
 			  make_bond_indices_iterator(make_ok_bond_iterator(Is_backbone(), p.bonds_end(), p.bonds_end())));
     std::cout << bbs.size() << std::endl;
     for (unsigned int i=0; i< bbs.size(); ++i) {
diff --git a/Surface_mesh_simplification/test/Surface_mesh_simplification/check_audit_edge_collapse_visitor.cpp b/Surface_mesh_simplification/test/Surface_mesh_simplification/check_audit_edge_collapse_visitor.cpp
index 19bbc75c4fa..c03ea666645 100644
--- a/Surface_mesh_simplification/test/Surface_mesh_simplification/check_audit_edge_collapse_visitor.cpp
+++ b/Surface_mesh_simplification/test/Surface_mesh_simplification/check_audit_edge_collapse_visitor.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ private :
           default : 
      
             Tokenizer tk(line,Separator(" "));
-            vector<string> tokens(tk.begin(),tk.end());
+            vector<string> tokens CGAL_make_vector(tk.begin(),tk.end());
 
             CHECK_MSG( tokens.size() >= 1, str(format("Invalid audit line of type I, id field missing: %1%") % line) ) ;
             CHECK_MSG( tokens.size() >= 2, str(format("Invalid audit line of type I, cost field missing: %1%") % line) ) ;