diff --git a/dune/common/debugallocator.hh b/dune/common/debugallocator.hh
index 56298376fcbb6834dabcd838c4d3a576a7df795e..62c09a68f15da73efd5bc8f63daf93c52e7617a5 100644
--- a/dune/common/debugallocator.hh
+++ b/dune/common/debugallocator.hh
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ namespace Dune
     template<typename ... _Args>
     void construct(pointer p, _Args&&... __args)
     {
-      ::new((void *)p)_Tp(std::forward<_Args>(__args) ...);
+      ::new((void *)p)T(std::forward<_Args>(__args) ...);
     }
 #endif
     //! destroy an object of type T (i.e. call the Destructor)
diff --git a/dune/common/mallocallocator.hh b/dune/common/mallocallocator.hh
index 58c454d1554a6d535bc1341f4cfd249f7a668f9a..d040455214da9d4320585352849d36c9feaf34f5 100644
--- a/dune/common/mallocallocator.hh
+++ b/dune/common/mallocallocator.hh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ namespace Dune
     template<typename ... _Args>
     void construct(pointer p, _Args&&... __args)
     {
-      ::new((void *)p)_Tp(std::forward<_Args>(__args) ...);
+      ::new((void *)p)T(std::forward<_Args>(__args) ...);
     }
 #endif
     //! destroy an object of type T (i.e. call the Destructor)