diff --git a/include/boost/geometry/algorithms/perimeter.hpp b/include/boost/geometry/algorithms/perimeter.hpp
index 4f9dd0397..ba233cedc 100644
--- a/include/boost/geometry/algorithms/perimeter.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/geometry/algorithms/perimeter.hpp
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ struct perimeter<ring_tag, Geometry, Strategy>
     : detail::length::range_length
         <
             Geometry,
-            Strategy,
             closure<Geometry>::value
         >
 {};
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ struct perimeter<polygon_tag, Polygon, Strategy> : detail::calculate_polygon_sum
     typedef detail::length::range_length
                 <
                     typename ring_type<Polygon>::type,
-                    Strategy,
                     closure<Polygon>::value
                 > policy;
 
diff --git a/include/boost/geometry/multi/algorithms/length.hpp b/include/boost/geometry/multi/algorithms/length.hpp
index 99556b620..4ac0cf4e6 100644
--- a/include/boost/geometry/multi/algorithms/length.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/geometry/multi/algorithms/length.hpp
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ namespace boost { namespace geometry
 namespace dispatch
 {
 
-template <typename MultiLinestring, typename Strategy>
-struct length<multi_linestring_tag, MultiLinestring, Strategy> : detail::multi_sum
+template <typename MultiLinestring>
+struct length<multi_linestring_tag, MultiLinestring> : detail::multi_sum
 {
+    template <typename Strategy>
     static inline typename default_length_result<MultiLinestring>::type
     apply(MultiLinestring const& multi, Strategy const& strategy)
     {
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ struct length<multi_linestring_tag, MultiLinestring, Strategy> : detail::multi_s
                    detail::length::range_length
                    <
                        typename boost::range_value<MultiLinestring>::type,
-                       Strategy,
                        closed // no need to close it explicitly
                    >
                >(multi, strategy);