diff --git a/include/sqrat/sqratAllocator.h b/include/sqrat/sqratAllocator.h
index 6986764b..abf5cc04 100644
--- a/include/sqrat/sqratAllocator.h
+++ b/include/sqrat/sqratAllocator.h
@@ -46,20 +46,8 @@ namespace Sqrat {
 /// utility taken from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2733377/is-there-a-way-to-test-whether-a-c-class-has-a-default-constructor-other-than/2770326#2770326
 /// may be obsolete in C++ 11
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-template< class T >
-class is_default_constructible {
-    template<int x>
-    class receive_size{};
+template< class T > using is_default_constructible = std::is_default_constructible<T>;
 
-    template< class U >
-    static int sfinae( receive_size< sizeof U() > * );
-
-    template< class U >
-    static char sfinae( ... );
-
-public:
-    enum { value = sizeof( sfinae<T>(0) ) == sizeof(int) };
-};
 /// @endcond
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////