diff --git a/NewKernel_d/include/CGAL/NewKernel_d/function_objects_cartesian.h b/NewKernel_d/include/CGAL/NewKernel_d/function_objects_cartesian.h
index bc8427d3355..979d1322762 100644
--- a/NewKernel_d/include/CGAL/NewKernel_d/function_objects_cartesian.h
+++ b/NewKernel_d/include/CGAL/NewKernel_d/function_objects_cartesian.h
@@ -551,11 +551,13 @@ template<class R_> struct Side_of_oriented_sphere : private Store_kernel<R_> {
 	typedef typename R::LA::template Rebind_dimension<D1,D2>::Other LA;
 	typedef typename LA::Square_matrix Matrix;
 
+	/* Undocumented, removed
 	template<class Iter>
 	result_type operator()(Iter f, Iter const& e)const{
 	  Point const& p0=*f++; // *--e ?
 	  return this->operator()(f,e,p0);
 	}
+	*/
 
 	template<class Iter>
 	result_type operator()(Iter f, Iter const& e, Point const& p0) const {
diff --git a/NewKernel_d/test/NewKernel_d/Epick_d.cpp b/NewKernel_d/test/NewKernel_d/Epick_d.cpp
index 503450d96d7..3bd63caf614 100644
--- a/NewKernel_d/test/NewKernel_d/Epick_d.cpp
+++ b/NewKernel_d/test/NewKernel_d/Epick_d.cpp
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ void test3(){
   assert(abs(sd(e,a)-32)<.0001);
   P tab[]={a,b,c,d,e};
   std::cout << po (&tab[0],tab+4) << ' ';
-  std::cout << sos(&tab[0],tab+5) << ' ';
+  std::cout << sos(&tab[1],tab+5,tab[0]) << ' ';
   std::cout << sbs(tab+1,tab+5,tab[0]) << std::endl;
   FO fo=cfo(&tab[0],tab+3);
   std::cout << fo;
@@ -570,13 +570,13 @@ void test3(){
   std::cout << ifsos(fo3,yy+0,yy+3,yy[3]) << ' ';
   std::cout << ifsos(fo3,yy+1,yy+4,yy[0]) << '\n';
   P buf[]={cp(100,900,0),y[0],y[1],y[2],y[3]};
-  std::cout << sos(buf+0,buf+5) << ' ';
+  std::cout << sos(buf+1,buf+5,buf[0]) << ' ';
   buf[1]=y[1];buf[2]=y[2];buf[3]=y[3];buf[4]=y[0];
-  std::cout << sos(buf+0,buf+5) << ' ';
+  std::cout << sos(buf+1,buf+5,buf[0]) << ' ';
   buf[1]=yy[0];buf[2]=yy[1];buf[3]=yy[2];buf[4]=yy[3];
-  std::cout << sos(buf+0,buf+5) << ' ';
+  std::cout << sos(buf+1,buf+5,buf[0]) << ' ';
   buf[1]=yy[1];buf[2]=yy[2];buf[3]=yy[3];buf[4]=yy[0];
-  std::cout << sos(buf+0,buf+5) << '\n';
+  std::cout << sos(buf+1,buf+5,buf[0]) << '\n';
   assert(cah(y+0,y+3,y[3]));
   assert(!cah(y+0,y+3,buf[0]));
   assert(cl(a,a)==CGAL::EQUAL);