diff --git a/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/OFF/read_off_points.h b/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/OFF/read_off_points.h
index e42fa672a12..d9df6639d22 100644
--- a/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/OFF/read_off_points.h
+++ b/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/OFF/read_off_points.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace IO {
 // doxygen in ../OFF.h
 template <typename OutputIteratorValueType,
           typename PointOutputIterator,
-          typename CGAL_NP_TEMPLATE_PARAMETERS>
+          typename CGAL_NP_TEMPLATE_PARAMETERS_NO_DEFAULT>
 bool read_OFF(std::istream& is,
               PointOutputIterator output,
               const CGAL_NP_CLASS& np,
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ bool read_OFF(std::istream& is,
 // doxygen in ../OFF.h
 template <typename OutputIteratorValueType,
           typename PointOutputIterator,
-          typename CGAL_NP_TEMPLATE_PARAMETERS>
+          typename CGAL_NP_TEMPLATE_PARAMETERS_NO_DEFAULT>
 bool read_OFF(const std::string& fname,
               PointOutputIterator output,
               const CGAL_NP_CLASS& np,
diff --git a/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/OFF/write_off_points.h b/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/OFF/write_off_points.h
index 3d3d9e84d49..11c41651f92 100644
--- a/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/OFF/write_off_points.h
+++ b/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/OFF/write_off_points.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ bool write_OFF_PSP(std::ostream& os,
 namespace IO {
 
 // // doxygen in ../OFF.h
-template <typename PointRange, typename CGAL_NP_TEMPLATE_PARAMETERS>
+template <typename PointRange, typename CGAL_NP_TEMPLATE_PARAMETERS_NO_DEFAULT>
 bool write_OFF(std::ostream& os,
                const PointRange& points,
                const CGAL_NP_CLASS& np,
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ bool write_OFF(std::ostream& os,
 
 // // doxygen in ../OFF.h
 template <typename PointRange,
-          typename CGAL_NP_TEMPLATE_PARAMETERS>
+          typename CGAL_NP_TEMPLATE_PARAMETERS_NO_DEFAULT>
 bool write_OFF(const std::string& filename,
                const PointRange& points,
                const CGAL_NP_CLASS& np, std::enable_if_t<internal::is_Range<PointRange>::value>*