diff --git a/types/tagged.hpp b/types/tagged.hpp
index 44971c31..c106de4d 100644
--- a/types/tagged.hpp
+++ b/types/tagged.hpp
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ namespace cruft {
         using first_t = cruft::tuple::type::nth_t<tuple_t,0>;
         using tag_t = std::decay_t<decltype (first_t::tag)>;
 
-        static constexpr auto alignment = max (alignof (ValueT)...);
-
         /// All child types should have identical tag types
         static_assert ((std::is_same_v<tag_t, std::decay_t<decltype(ValueT::tag)>> && ...));
 
@@ -121,7 +119,7 @@ namespace cruft {
         tag_t m_tag;
 
         /// The storage area for all desired types.
-        alignas (alignment) std::byte m_data[
+        alignas (alignof (ValueT)...) std::byte m_data[
             cruft::max (sizeof (ValueT)...)
         ];
     };