diff --git a/include/Topology/gmap/embeddedGMap3.h b/include/Topology/gmap/embeddedGMap3.h
index 493807441a28ffa02e06472777cb2ff368021ea4..24b1adb133505b4fff22217afe185199174d83e2 100644
--- a/include/Topology/gmap/embeddedGMap3.h
+++ b/include/Topology/gmap/embeddedGMap3.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public:
 	/**
 	 * No attribute is attached to the new volume
 	 */
-	virtual unsigned int closeHole(Dart d, bool forboundary = true);
+	virtual unsigned int closeHole(Dart d);
 
 	/*!
 	 *
diff --git a/include/Topology/gmap/gmap3.h b/include/Topology/gmap/gmap3.h
index f11444987605aa7caf0a143029c83ad96de45f07..3a8a8d71adb6e46cd3ccd5ac9788511b91d7127e 100644
--- a/include/Topology/gmap/gmap3.h
+++ b/include/Topology/gmap/gmap3.h
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ public:
 	 *  @param forboundary tag the created face as boundary (default is true)
 	 *  @return the degree of the created volume
 	 */
-	virtual unsigned int closeHole(Dart d, bool forboundary = true);
+	virtual unsigned int closeHole(Dart d);
 
 	//! Close the map removing topological holes: DO NOT USE, only for import/creation algorithm
 	/*! Add volumes to the map that close every existing hole.
diff --git a/include/Topology/gmap/gmap3.hpp b/include/Topology/gmap/gmap3.hpp
index 330e99a803c41e7af72e052b92f718358730a1ca..589b2527a32a85f72ba7fbb77dbbdd3a5542bc4e 100644
--- a/include/Topology/gmap/gmap3.hpp
+++ b/include/Topology/gmap/gmap3.hpp
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ Dart GMap3<MAP_IMPL>::newBoundaryCycle(unsigned int nbE)
 }
 
 template <typename MAP_IMPL>
-unsigned int GMap3<MAP_IMPL>::closeHole(Dart d, bool forboundary)
+unsigned int GMap3<MAP_IMPL>::closeHole(Dart d)
 {
 	assert(beta3(d) == d);		// Nothing to close
 	DartMarkerStore<GMap3<MAP_IMPL> > m(*this) ;
diff --git a/include/Topology/map/embeddedMap3.h b/include/Topology/map/embeddedMap3.h
index 67186a60902655c982fed84a4e842fb965fef178..f72ee0bc4b10c82fcaefbff87768d8774aee2ea2 100644
--- a/include/Topology/map/embeddedMap3.h
+++ b/include/Topology/map/embeddedMap3.h
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public:
 	//!
 	/*! No attribute is attached to the new volume
 	 */
-	virtual unsigned int closeHole(Dart d, bool forboundary = true);
+	virtual unsigned int closeHole(Dart d);
 
 	//!
 	/*!
diff --git a/include/Topology/map/map3.h b/include/Topology/map/map3.h
index 4d9743804d32bb153c02cc239661de855c1619f0..e35689f1bcef0358ed328b728ca98d7570b56e19 100644
--- a/include/Topology/map/map3.h
+++ b/include/Topology/map/map3.h
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ public:
 	 *  @param forboundary tag the created face as boundary (default is true)
 	 *  @return the degree of the created volume
 	 */
-	virtual unsigned int closeHole(Dart d, bool forboundary = true);
+	virtual unsigned int closeHole(Dart d);
 
 	//! Close the map removing topological holes: DO NOT USE, only for import/creation algorithm
 	/*! Add volumes to the map that close every existing hole.
diff --git a/include/Topology/map/map3.hpp b/include/Topology/map/map3.hpp
index 28e87c16358971d8733e819048bc2098280fd188..5f78ca80e8ce65e31b280b3a88c282f1d9c5c4bb 100644
--- a/include/Topology/map/map3.hpp
+++ b/include/Topology/map/map3.hpp
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ Dart Map3<MAP_IMPL>::newBoundaryCycle(unsigned int nbE)
 }
 
 template <typename MAP_IMPL>
-unsigned int Map3<MAP_IMPL>::closeHole(Dart d, bool forboundary)
+unsigned int Map3<MAP_IMPL>::closeHole(Dart d)
 {
 	assert(phi3(d) == d);		// Nothing to close
 	DartMarkerStore< Map3<MAP_IMPL> > m(*this) ;
diff --git a/src/Topology/gmap/embeddedGMap2.cpp b/src/Topology/gmap/embeddedGMap2.cpp
index fd535ea4d555e72b8fd92a61bf43b4366bf2ccb6..9ec6208c2c50863f80af89dfa9f19cb5db51b628 100644
--- a/src/Topology/gmap/embeddedGMap2.cpp
+++ b/src/Topology/gmap/embeddedGMap2.cpp
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ bool EmbeddedGMap2::mergeVolumes(Dart d, Dart e)
 
 unsigned int EmbeddedGMap2::closeHole(Dart d, bool forboundary)
 {
-	unsigned int nbE = GMap2::closeHole(d) ;
+	unsigned int nbE = GMap2::closeHole(d, forboundary) ;
 	Dart dd = phi2(d) ;
 	Dart it = dd ;
 	do
diff --git a/src/Topology/gmap/embeddedGMap3.cpp b/src/Topology/gmap/embeddedGMap3.cpp
index 5562fdc5f0ccd3e9cbafd5076739289e9d4028b1..c4b2f1ec1ccf775f0304ad25021e60d65bd5d98e 100644
--- a/src/Topology/gmap/embeddedGMap3.cpp
+++ b/src/Topology/gmap/embeddedGMap3.cpp
@@ -354,9 +354,9 @@ void EmbeddedGMap3::splitVolume(std::vector<Dart>& vd)
 	}
 }
 
-unsigned int EmbeddedGMap3::closeHole(Dart d, bool forboundary)
+unsigned int EmbeddedGMap3::closeHole(Dart d)
 {
-	unsigned int nbF = GMap3::closeHole(d, forboundary) ;
+	unsigned int nbF = GMap3::closeHole(d) ;
 
 	DartMarkerStore<EmbeddedGMap3> mark(*this);	// Lock a marker
 
diff --git a/src/Topology/map/embeddedMap3.cpp b/src/Topology/map/embeddedMap3.cpp
index bdb418ff8026a7ace5c0ca446dd29a84b7a85d9e..ad6189789663aee96129e79d790e9205b48cdea1 100644
--- a/src/Topology/map/embeddedMap3.cpp
+++ b/src/Topology/map/embeddedMap3.cpp
@@ -556,9 +556,9 @@ Dart EmbeddedMap3::collapseVolume(Dart d, bool delDegenerateVolumes)
 	return resV;
 }
 
-unsigned int EmbeddedMap3::closeHole(Dart d, bool forboundary)
+unsigned int EmbeddedMap3::closeHole(Dart d)
 {
-	unsigned int nbF = Map3::closeHole(d, forboundary) ;
+	unsigned int nbF = Map3::closeHole(d) ;
 
 	DartMarkerStore<EmbeddedMap3> mark(*this);	// Lock a marker