diff --git a/modules/calib3d/src/triangulate.cpp b/modules/calib3d/src/triangulate.cpp
index b0af3dc466..a19f96d10e 100644
--- a/modules/calib3d/src/triangulate.cpp
+++ b/modules/calib3d/src/triangulate.cpp
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ cvTriangulatePoints(CvMat* projMatr1, CvMat* projMatr2, CvMat* projPoints1, CvMa
       !CV_IS_MAT(points4D) )
       CV_Error( CV_StsUnsupportedFormat, "Input parameters must be matrices" );
 
-    int numPoints;
-    numPoints = projPoints1->cols;
+    int numPoints = projPoints1->cols;
 
     if( numPoints < 1 )
         CV_Error( CV_StsOutOfRange, "Number of points must be more than zero" );
@@ -82,57 +81,39 @@ cvTriangulatePoints(CvMat* projMatr1, CvMat* projMatr2, CvMat* projPoints1, CvMa
        projMatr2->cols != 4 || projMatr2->rows != 3)
         CV_Error( CV_StsUnmatchedSizes, "Size of projection matrices must be 3x4" );
 
-    CvMat matrA;
-    double matrA_dat[24];
-    matrA = cvMat(6,4,CV_64F,matrA_dat);
+    // preallocate SVD matrices on stack
+    cv::Matx<double, 6, 4> matrA;
+    cv::Matx<double, 6, 4> matrU;
+    cv::Matx<double, 4, 1> matrW;
+    cv::Matx<double, 4, 4> matrV;
 
-    //CvMat matrU;
-    CvMat matrW;
-    CvMat matrV;
-    //double matrU_dat[9*9];
-    double matrW_dat[6*4];
-    double matrV_dat[4*4];
-
-    //matrU = cvMat(6,6,CV_64F,matrU_dat);
-    matrW = cvMat(6,4,CV_64F,matrW_dat);
-    matrV = cvMat(4,4,CV_64F,matrV_dat);
-
-    CvMat* projPoints[2];
-    CvMat* projMatrs[2];
-
-    projPoints[0] = projPoints1;
-    projPoints[1] = projPoints2;
-
-    projMatrs[0] = projMatr1;
-    projMatrs[1] = projMatr2;
+    CvMat* projPoints[2] = {projPoints1, projPoints2};
+    CvMat* projMatrs[2] = {projMatr1, projMatr2};
 
     /* Solve system for each point */
-    int i,j;
-    for( i = 0; i < numPoints; i++ )/* For each point */
+    for( int i = 0; i < numPoints; i++ )/* For each point */
     {
         /* Fill matrix for current point */
-        for( j = 0; j < 2; j++ )/* For each view */
+        for( int j = 0; j < 2; j++ )/* For each view */
         {
             double x,y;
             x = cvmGet(projPoints[j],0,i);
             y = cvmGet(projPoints[j],1,i);
             for( int k = 0; k < 4; k++ )
             {
-                cvmSet(&matrA, j*3+0, k, x * cvmGet(projMatrs[j],2,k) -     cvmGet(projMatrs[j],0,k) );
-                cvmSet(&matrA, j*3+1, k, y * cvmGet(projMatrs[j],2,k) -     cvmGet(projMatrs[j],1,k) );
-                cvmSet(&matrA, j*3+2, k, x * cvmGet(projMatrs[j],1,k) - y * cvmGet(projMatrs[j],0,k) );
+                matrA(j*3+0, k) = x * cvmGet(projMatrs[j],2,k) -     cvmGet(projMatrs[j],0,k);
+                matrA(j*3+1, k) = y * cvmGet(projMatrs[j],2,k) -     cvmGet(projMatrs[j],1,k);
+                matrA(j*3+2, k) = x * cvmGet(projMatrs[j],1,k) - y * cvmGet(projMatrs[j],0,k);
             }
         }
         /* Solve system for current point */
-        {
-            cvSVD(&matrA,&matrW,0,&matrV,CV_SVD_V_T);
+        cv::SVD::compute(matrA, matrW, matrU, matrV);
 
-            /* Copy computed point */
-            cvmSet(points4D,0,i,cvmGet(&matrV,3,0));/* X */
-            cvmSet(points4D,1,i,cvmGet(&matrV,3,1));/* Y */
-            cvmSet(points4D,2,i,cvmGet(&matrV,3,2));/* Z */
-            cvmSet(points4D,3,i,cvmGet(&matrV,3,3));/* W */
-        }
+        /* Copy computed point */
+        cvmSet(points4D,0,i,matrV(3,0));/* X */
+        cvmSet(points4D,1,i,matrV(3,1));/* Y */
+        cvmSet(points4D,2,i,matrV(3,2));/* Z */
+        cvmSet(points4D,3,i,matrV(3,3));/* W */
     }
 
 #if 0
diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core.hpp
index a9b4a30b4f..e4c61e43ad 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core.hpp
@@ -2451,9 +2451,7 @@ matrix. The Singular Value Decomposition is used to solve least-square
 problems, under-determined linear systems, invert matrices, compute
 condition numbers, and so on.
 
-For a faster operation, you can pass flags=SVD::MODIFY_A|... to modify
-the decomposed matrix when it is not necessary to preserve it. If you
-want to compute a condition number of a matrix or an absolute value of
+If you want to compute a condition number of a matrix or an absolute value of
 its determinant, you do not need `u` and `vt`. You can pass
 flags=SVD::NO_UV|... . Another flag SVD::FULL_UV indicates that full-size u
 and vt must be computed, which is not necessary most of the time.
@@ -2464,8 +2462,8 @@ class CV_EXPORTS SVD
 {
 public:
     enum Flags {
-        /** use the algorithm to modify the decomposed matrix; it can save space and speed up
-            processing */
+        /** allow the algorithm to modify the decomposed matrix; it can save space and speed up
+            processing. currently ignored. */
         MODIFY_A = 1,
         /** indicates that only a vector of singular values `w` is to be processed, while u and vt
             will be set to empty matrices */