diff --git a/Source/utils/stdcompat/cstddef.hpp b/Source/utils/stdcompat/cstddef.hpp
index f7ae2687c..493fbc7d8 100644
--- a/Source/utils/stdcompat/cstddef.hpp
+++ b/Source/utils/stdcompat/cstddef.hpp
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#ifdef __has_include
-#if __has_include(<cstddef>)
 #include <cstddef>
+#ifdef __has_include
 #if defined(__cplusplus) && __cplusplus >= 201703L
 namespace devilution {
-    using byte = std::byte;
+using byte = std::byte;
 }
 #else
+#include <cstdint>
 namespace devilution {
-    using byte = uint8_t;
+using byte = std::uint8_t;
 }
 #endif
 #endif
-#endif
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