diff --git a/src/engine/SpatialJoin.cpp b/src/engine/SpatialJoin.cpp
index 4f96b091a..9c981399f 100644
--- a/src/engine/SpatialJoin.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/SpatialJoin.cpp
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ std::string SpatialJoin::betweenQuotes(std::string extractFrom) const {
 }
 
 std::optional<GeoPoint> SpatialJoin::getPoint(const IdTable* restable,
-                      size_t row, ColumnIndex col) {
+                      size_t row, ColumnIndex col) const {
   auto id = restable->at(row, col);
   return id.getDatatype() == Datatype::GeoPoint
               ? std::optional{id.getGeoPoint()}
diff --git a/src/engine/SpatialJoin.h b/src/engine/SpatialJoin.h
index 10b6ebc86..bd5a13f24 100644
--- a/src/engine/SpatialJoin.h
+++ b/src/engine/SpatialJoin.h
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ class SpatialJoin : public Operation {
     return nameDistanceInternal_;
   }
 
-  std::string getPoint(const IdTable* restable, size_t row, ColumnIndex col) const;
-
   // this function computes the bounding box(es), which represent all points, which
   // are in reach of the starting point with a distance of at most maxDistanceInMeters
   std::vector<box> computeBoundingBox(const point& startPoint);
@@ -125,7 +123,7 @@ class SpatialJoin : public Operation {
 
   // helper function, which gets the point of an id table
   std::optional<GeoPoint> getPoint(const IdTable* restable, size_t row,
-                      ColumnIndex col);
+                      ColumnIndex col) const;
 
   // helper function, which computes the distance of two points, where each
   // point comes from a different result table
diff --git a/src/global/Constants.h b/src/global/Constants.h
index b3ef3f257..26cb31812 100644
--- a/src/global/Constants.h
+++ b/src/global/Constants.h
@@ -106,15 +106,6 @@ static const std::string MAX_DIST_IN_METERS = "<max-distance-in-meters:";
 static constexpr auto MAX_DIST_IN_METERS_REGEX =
     ctll::fixed_string{"<max-distance-in-meters:[0-9]+>"};
 
-// this predicate is the identifier for the SpatialJoin class. It joins the two
-// objects, if their distance is smaller or equal to the maximum distance, which
-// needs to be given in the predicate as well. The syntax for the predicate
-// needs to be like this: <max-distance-in-meters:XXXX>, where XXXX needs to be
-// replaced by an integer number.
-static const std::string MAX_DIST_IN_METERS = "<max-distance-in-meters:";
-static constexpr auto MAX_DIST_IN_METERS_REGEX =
-    ctll::fixed_string{"<max-distance-in-meters:[0-9]+>"};
-
 // TODO<joka921> Move them to their own file, make them strings, remove
 // duplications, etc.
 constexpr inline char XSD_STRING[] = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string";
diff --git a/test/engine/SpatialJoinTest.cpp b/test/engine/SpatialJoinTest.cpp
index f31d6efda..6784ef479 100644
--- a/test/engine/SpatialJoinTest.cpp
+++ b/test/engine/SpatialJoinTest.cpp
@@ -1810,16 +1810,6 @@ TEST(SpatialJoin, getSizeEstimate) {
   testMultiplicitiesOrSizeEstimate(true, false);
 }
 
-TEST(SpatialJoin, getCostEstimateBaselineAlgorithm) {
-  // onlyForTestingSetUseBaselineAlgorithm(true);
-  ASSERT_TRUE(false);  // TODO
-}
-
-TEST(SpatialJoin, getCostEstimateBoundingBoxAlgorithm) {
-  // onlyForTestingSetUseBaselineAlgorithm(false);
-  ASSERT_TRUE(false);  // TODO
-}
-
 }  // namespace getMultiplicityAndSizeEstimate
 
 namespace boundingBox {
@@ -1832,20 +1822,14 @@ typedef bg::model::box<point> box;
 typedef std::pair<point, size_t> value;
 
 inline void testBoundingBox(const long long& maxDistInMeters, const point& startPoint) {
-  auto convertToStr = [](const point& point1) {
-    auto lon = absl::StrFormat("%.6f", point1.get<0>());
-    auto lat = absl::StrFormat("%.6f", point1.get<1>());
-    return absl::StrCat("POINT(", lon, " ", lat, ")");
-  };
-
   auto checkOutside = [&](const point& point1, const point& startPoint, 
                           const std::vector<box>& bbox, SpatialJoin* spatialJoin) {
     // check if the point is contained in any bounding box
     bool within = spatialJoin->containedInBoundingBoxes(bbox, point1);
       if (!within) {
-        std::string strp1 = convertToStr(point1);
-        std::string strp2 = convertToStr(startPoint);
-        double dist = ad_utility::detail::wktDistImpl(strp1, strp2) * 1000;
+        GeoPoint geo1{point1.get<1>(), point1.get<0>()};
+        GeoPoint geo2{startPoint.get<1>(), startPoint.get<0>()};
+        double dist = ad_utility::detail::wktDistImpl(geo1, geo2) * 1000;
         ASSERT_GT(static_cast<long long>(dist), maxDistInMeters);
       }
   };