diff --git a/api/include/opentelemetry/std/span.h b/api/include/opentelemetry/std/span.h
index 1160d54fbe..083c6529b5 100644
--- a/api/include/opentelemetry/std/span.h
+++ b/api/include/opentelemetry/std/span.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE
 OPENTELEMETRY_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 namespace nostd
 {
-constexpr std::size_t dynamic_extent = (std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max)();
+constexpr std::size_t dynamic_extent = std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max();
 
 template <class ElementType, std::size_t Extent = nostd::dynamic_extent>
 using span = std::span<ElementType, Extent>;