diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/PolyMeshT_impl.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/PolyMeshT_impl.hh
index dabdacfe..66d49d9f 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/PolyMeshT_impl.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/PolyMeshT_impl.hh
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ typename PolyMeshT<Kernel>::Point
 PolyMeshT<Kernel>::
 calc_centroid(MeshHandle /*_mh*/) const
 {
-  return this->vertices().avg(getPointsProperty(*this));
+  return this->vertices().avg([this](VertexHandle vh) { return this->point(vh); });
 }
 
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