diff --git a/Polygon_mesh_processing/test/Polygon_mesh_processing/fairing_test.cpp b/Polygon_mesh_processing/test/Polygon_mesh_processing/fairing_test.cpp
index 8f832fba098..5d5fd2ab400 100644
--- a/Polygon_mesh_processing/test/Polygon_mesh_processing/fairing_test.cpp
+++ b/Polygon_mesh_processing/test/Polygon_mesh_processing/fairing_test.cpp
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ void test(const char* filename)
   }
 
   //try to fair the mesh
-  CGAL_assertion_code(std::size_t nbv =
-    std::distance(vertices(poly).first, vertices(poly).second));
+  std::size_t nbv =
+    std::distance(vertices(poly).first, vertices(poly).second);
 
   CGAL::Polygon_mesh_processing::fair(poly, vertices(poly));
 
-  CGAL_assertion_code(std::size_t nbv2 =
-    std::distance(vertices(poly).first, vertices(poly).second));
+  std::size_t nbv2 =
+    std::distance(vertices(poly).first, vertices(poly).second);
 
   assert(nbv == nbv2);
 
diff --git a/Polygon_mesh_processing/test/Polygon_mesh_processing/self_intersection_polyhedron_test.cpp b/Polygon_mesh_processing/test/Polygon_mesh_processing/self_intersection_polyhedron_test.cpp
index b2218cb2452..10ff1e62cea 100644
--- a/Polygon_mesh_processing/test/Polygon_mesh_processing/self_intersection_polyhedron_test.cpp
+++ b/Polygon_mesh_processing/test/Polygon_mesh_processing/self_intersection_polyhedron_test.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     (poly,
      std::back_inserter(intersected_tris),
      CGAL::Polygon_mesh_processing::parameters::vertex_index_map(get(CGAL::vertex_point, poly)));
-  CGAL_assertion_code(bool intersecting_1 = !intersected_tris.empty());
+  bool intersecting_1 = !intersected_tris.empty();
   assert(!intersecting_1);
 
   std::cerr << "Self-intersection test took " << timer.time() << " sec." << std::endl;