diff --git a/include/spdlog/common-inl.h b/include/spdlog/common-inl.h
index fad18bd8..378efe60 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/common-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/common-inl.h
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 namespace spdlog {
 namespace level {
 
-#if __cplusplus >= 201703L
-constexpr
-#endif
 static string_view_t level_string_views[] SPDLOG_LEVEL_NAMES;
 
 static const char *short_level_names[] SPDLOG_SHORT_LEVEL_NAMES;