diff --git a/python/core/conversions.sip b/python/core/conversions.sip
index dfcc22a7427..996170ba0a3 100644
--- a/python/core/conversions.sip
+++ b/python/core/conversions.sip
@@ -1490,8 +1490,6 @@ template <TYPE>
 %End
 
 %ConvertToTypeCode
-    PyObject *tobj;
-
     // Check the type if that is all that is required.
     if (sipIsErr == NULL)
     {
@@ -1500,7 +1498,7 @@ template <TYPE>
 
       for (int i = 0; i < PyList_GET_SIZE(sipPy); ++i)
       {
-        if (!sipCanConvertToInstance(tobj, sipClass_TYPE, SIP_NOT_NONE))
+        if (!sipCanConvertToInstance(PyList_GET_ITEM(sipPy, i), sipClass_TYPE, SIP_NOT_NONE))
           return 0;
       }
 
@@ -1513,7 +1511,7 @@ template <TYPE>
     {
       int state;
 
-      TYPE *t = reinterpret_cast<TYPE *>(sipConvertToInstance(tobj, sipClass_TYPE, sipTransferObj, SIP_NOT_NONE, &state, sipIsErr));
+      TYPE *t = reinterpret_cast<TYPE *>(sipConvertToInstance(PyList_GET_ITEM(sipPy, i), sipClass_TYPE, sipTransferObj, SIP_NOT_NONE, &state, sipIsErr));
 
       if (*sipIsErr)
       {
diff --git a/python/core/qgsvectorlayer.sip b/python/core/qgsvectorlayer.sip
index 149907d38a5..7e6929d17be 100644
--- a/python/core/qgsvectorlayer.sip
+++ b/python/core/qgsvectorlayer.sip
@@ -395,9 +395,10 @@ class QgsVectorLayer : QgsMapLayer
     /**Changes the specified geometry such that it has no intersections with other
      *  polygon (or multipolygon) geometries in this vector layer
      *  @param geom geometry to modify
+     *  @param ignoreFeatures list of feature ids where intersections should be ignored
      *  @return 0 in case of success
      */
-    int removePolygonIntersections( QgsGeometry* geom );
+    int removePolygonIntersections( QgsGeometry* geom, QgsFeatureIds ignoreFeatures = QgsFeatureIds() );
 
     /** Adds topological points for every vertex of the geometry.
      * @param geom the geometry where each vertex is added to segments of other features
diff --git a/src/core/qgsgeometry.h b/src/core/qgsgeometry.h
index 70c43070f79..9e976367489 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsgeometry.h
+++ b/src/core/qgsgeometry.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ email                : morb at ozemail dot com dot au
 
 #include "qgspoint.h"
 #include "qgscoordinatetransform.h"
+#include "qgsfeature.h"
+
 #include <QSet>
 
 class QgsVectorLayer;
@@ -432,10 +434,10 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsGeometry
      *          1 if geometry is not of polygon type,
      *          2 if avoid intersection would change the geometry type,
      *          3 other error during intersection removal
-     *  @ignoreFeatures possibility to give a list of features where intersections should be ignored
+     *  @param ignoreFeatures possibility to give a list of features where intersections should be ignored (not available in python bindings)
      *  @note added in 1.5
      */
-    int avoidIntersections( QMap<QgsVectorLayer*, QSet<qint64> > ignoreFeatures = QMap<QgsVectorLayer*, QSet<qint64> >() );
+    int avoidIntersections( QMap<QgsVectorLayer*, QSet<QgsFeatureId> > ignoreFeatures = QMap<QgsVectorLayer*, QSet<QgsFeatureId> >() );
 
     class Error
     {