diff --git a/meshLibrary/utilities/helperFunctions/helperFunctionsGeometryQueriesI.H b/meshLibrary/utilities/helperFunctions/helperFunctionsGeometryQueriesI.H
index 1ca4d782ecedbf681ba142439d6a27f80920a92c..3771caf4650ff05a8d123913cabef22e7cc12972 100644
--- a/meshLibrary/utilities/helperFunctions/helperFunctionsGeometryQueriesI.H
+++ b/meshLibrary/utilities/helperFunctions/helperFunctionsGeometryQueriesI.H
@@ -1916,8 +1916,8 @@ inline label numberOfEdgeGroups
     for (const label edgei : containedEdges)
     {
         const edge& e = edges[edgei];
-        const point& sp = points[e.first()];
-        const point& ep = points[e.second()];
+        const point& sp = points[e.start()];
+        const point& ep = points[e.end()];
 
         const point p = nearestPointOnTheEdgeExact(sp, ep, centre);
         if (magSqr(p - centre) < rangeSq)
diff --git a/meshLibrary/utilities/helperFunctions/helperFunctionsPar.C b/meshLibrary/utilities/helperFunctions/helperFunctionsPar.C
index 5b307916e5b5d54e3c000993ce203f7fb94182ca..62d986eaace86241cc6e166e54daa6f5c1feac48 100644
--- a/meshLibrary/utilities/helperFunctions/helperFunctionsPar.C
+++ b/meshLibrary/utilities/helperFunctions/helperFunctionsPar.C
@@ -276,7 +276,13 @@ void exchangeMap
         }
 
         // receive data from processors with greater ids
-        forAllConstReverseIters(m, riter)
+//        forAllConstReverseIters(m, riter)
+        for
+        (
+            auto riter = m.rbegin();
+            riter != m.rend();
+            ++riter
+        )
         {
             if (riter->first <= Pstream::myProcNo())
             {
@@ -297,7 +303,13 @@ void exchangeMap
         }
 
         // send data to processors with lower ids
-        forAllConstReverseIters(m, riter)
+//        forAllConstReverseIters(m, riter)
+        for
+        (
+            auto riter = m.rbegin();
+            riter != m.rend();
+            ++riter
+        )
         {
             if (riter->first >= Pstream::myProcNo())
             {
diff --git a/utilities/scaleMesh/scaleMesh.C b/utilities/scaleMesh/scaleMesh.C
index 50e54f489a00c127aad40addd0e8748549abbc34..26fa0a9bd73c4530612d6c8954759b261745b5c5 100644
--- a/utilities/scaleMesh/scaleMesh.C
+++ b/utilities/scaleMesh/scaleMesh.C
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #   include "setRootCase.H"
 #   include "createTime.H"
 
-    const scalar scalingFactor(readScalar(args[1]));
+    // const scalar scalingFactor(readScalar(args[1]));
+    const scalar scalingFactor(args.argRead<scalar>(1));
 
     Info<< "Scaling mesh vertices by a factor " << scalingFactor << endl;
 
diff --git a/utilities/scaleSurfaceMesh/scaleSurfaceMesh.C b/utilities/scaleSurfaceMesh/scaleSurfaceMesh.C
index 3cc5e3ec64296e72271c4f790adfe99fc71a165c..ad9cda951645ec24dce5b45d344d0a6e60db9a95 100644
--- a/utilities/scaleSurfaceMesh/scaleSurfaceMesh.C
+++ b/utilities/scaleSurfaceMesh/scaleSurfaceMesh.C
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     const fileName inFileName(args[1]);
     const fileName outFileName(args[2]);
-    const scalar scalingFactor(readScalar(args[3]));
+    // const scalar scalingFactor(readScalar(args[3]));
+    const scalar scalingFactor(args.argRead<scalar>(3));
 
     // read the surface mesh
     triSurf surface(inFileName);