diff --git a/Surface_mesh_simplification/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/Bounding_box_filter.h b/Surface_mesh_simplification/include/CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/Policies/Edge_collapse/Bounding_box_filter.h
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-// Copyright (c) 2024  GeometryFactory (France). All rights reserved.
-//
-// This file is part of CGAL (www.cgal.org).
-//
-// $URL$
-// $Id$
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later OR LicenseRef-Commercial
-//
-// Author(s)     : Andreas Fabri
-//
-#ifndef CGAL_SURFACE_MESH_SIMPLIFICATION_POLICIES_EDGE_COLLAPSE_BOUNDING_BOX_FILTER_H
-#define CGAL_SURFACE_MESH_SIMPLIFICATION_POLICIES_EDGE_COLLAPSE_BOUNDING_BOX_FILTER_H
-
-#include <CGAL/license/Surface_mesh_simplification.h>
-#include<CGAL/Surface_mesh_simplification/internal/Common.h>
-#include <CGAL/property_map.h>
-
-#include <optional>
-
-namespace CGAL {
-namespace Surface_mesh_simplification {
-
-
-template<class BaseFilter = internal::Dummy_filter>
-class Bounding_box_filter
-{
-public:
-  Bounding_box_filter(const BaseFilter& base_filter = BaseFilter())
-    : m_base_filter(base_filter)
-  {}
-
-
-  template <typename Profile>
-  std::optional<typename Profile::Point>
-  operator()(const Profile& profile, std::optional<typename Profile::Point> op) const
-  {
-    typedef typename Profile::VertexPointMap                              Vertex_point_map;
-
-    typedef typename Profile::Geom_traits                                 Geom_traits;
-    typedef typename Geom_traits::Vector_3                                Vector;
-
-    typedef typename boost::property_traits<Vertex_point_map>::value_type Point;
-    typedef typename boost::property_traits<Vertex_point_map>::reference  Point_reference;
-
-    const Geom_traits& gt = profile.geom_traits();
-    const Vertex_point_map& vpm = profile.vertex_point_map();
-
-    op = m_base_filter(profile, op);
-    if(op)
-    {
-      const Point& placement = *op;
-      Bbox_3 bb;
-      for(auto vd : profile.link()){
-        Point_reference p = get(vpm, vd);
-        bb += p.bbox();
-      }
-      double wx = bb.xmax() - bb.xmin();
-      double wy = bb.ymax() - bb.ymin();
-      double wz = bb.zmax() - bb.zmin();
-      bb = Bbox_3(bb.xmin()-  wx/10.0, bb.ymin() - wy/10.0, bb.zmin()- wz/10.0, bb.xmax() + wx/10.0, bb.ymax() + wy/10.0, bb.zmax()+ wz/10.0);
-      if(!do_overlap(bb, placement.bbox())){
-             return std::optional<typename Profile::Point>();
-      }
-    }
-    return op;
-  }
-
-
-
-private:
-  const BaseFilter m_base_filter;
-};
-
-} // namespace Surface_mesh_simplification
-} // namespace CGAL
-
-#endif // CGAL_SURFACE_MESH_SIMPLIFICATION_POLICIES_EDGE_COLLAPSE_BOUNDING_BOX_FILTER_H