diff --git a/src/descriptors/sift/descriptor_sift.h b/src/descriptors/sift/descriptor_sift.h
index c608b3c23213d21bbb6c79a4064cba488521160c..29305224091045e0bd636410aad01987e7249ea8 100644
--- a/src/descriptors/sift/descriptor_sift.h
+++ b/src/descriptors/sift/descriptor_sift.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ inline void DescriptorSIFT::defineDescriptor(const ParamsBasePtr _params)
 {
     DescriptorParamsSIFTPtr params_ptr = std::static_pointer_cast<DescriptorParamsSIFT>(_params);
 
-    descriptor_ = cv::xfeatures2d::SIFT::create(params_ptr->nfeatures,
+    descriptor_ = cv::SIFT::create(params_ptr->nfeatures,
     		params_ptr->nOctaveLayers,
 			params_ptr->contrastThreshold,
 			params_ptr->edgeThreshold,
diff --git a/src/detectors/sift/detector_sift.h b/src/detectors/sift/detector_sift.h
index 8c2b48451a32e2ecb3f6d470647a2648a9da3a5f..e47553fe86b495117a4a7bdba715236936d3fc6d 100644
--- a/src/detectors/sift/detector_sift.h
+++ b/src/detectors/sift/detector_sift.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ inline void DetectorSIFT::defineDetector(const ParamsBasePtr _params)
 {
     DetectorParamsSIFTPtr params_ptr = std::static_pointer_cast<DetectorParamsSIFT>(_params);
 
-    detector_ = cv::xfeatures2d::SIFT::create(params_ptr->nfeatures,
+    detector_ = cv::SIFT::create(params_ptr->nfeatures,
     		params_ptr->nOctaveLayers,
 			params_ptr->contrastThreshold,
 			params_ptr->edgeThreshold,